Great Goteley Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 27 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Free entry Dogs welcome 27 ha
Places › England › South East › Rother Getting here
50.99324, 0.62176
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Mallard, Tawny Owl +86 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Raven, Mallard, Tawny Owl +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Mistletoe, Early-purple Orchid, Wild Service-tree +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +59 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Midland Hawthorn, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Red Dead-nettle +4 more foraging species
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
10,000 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,000 records · National Biodiversity Network Tawny Owl · Marsh Tit · Goldcrest · Blackbird · Raven +20
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Tit Parus major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Mouse · Common Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · 16-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +29
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii 🌿 Plants 22 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Centaury · Early-purple Orchid · Wild Carrot · Salsify · Adder's-tongue +17
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025 Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025 Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius2025 Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,000 records · National Biodiversity Network Tawny Owl · Marsh Tit · Goldcrest · Blackbird · Raven +20
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Tit Parus major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Mouse · Common Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · 16-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +29
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii 🌿 Plants 22 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Centaury · Early-purple Orchid · Wild Carrot · Salsify · Adder's-tongue +17
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025 Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025 Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius2025 Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema meridionale
Meconema meridionale
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Mistletoe
Mistletoe
Viscum album2025
Viscum album2025
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2025
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2025
Thorn-apple Datura stramonium2025
Thorn-apple Datura stramonium2025
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2025
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2025
Dyer's Greenweed Genista tinctoria2025
Dyer's Greenweed Genista tinctoria2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Autumn Lady's-tresses Spiranthes spiralis2025
Autumn Lady's-tresses Spiranthes spiralis2025
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2025
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2025
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2025
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025
Common Twayblade Neottia ovata2025
Common Twayblade Neottia ovata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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