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51.12326, 0.54110
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Physcia adscendens, Lecanora expallens, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +17 more · last seen 2011; Fungi — Physcia adscendens, Lecanora expallens, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +17 more · last seen 2011
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Bird's-foot Wing-moss, English Elm +30 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Bluebell, Bird's-foot Wing-moss, English Elm +30 more · last seen 2019
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Hairstreak, Orange-tip, Large Skipper +43 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Green Hairstreak, Orange-tip, Large Skipper +43 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Footpath junction near Hillywood House
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Wildlife to spot
3,275 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,275 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blackbird +44
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2019 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tawny Owl Strix aluco Coal Tit Periparus ater2018 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Swift Apus apus2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Stock Dove Columba oenas Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2018 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2018 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2018 Jay Garrulus glandarius2018 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea House Martin Delichon urbicum Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2022 Dendrocopos major anglicus Dendrocopos major anglicus2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2020 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2020 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2020 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2018 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog · House Mouse +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Badger Meles meles2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 House Mouse Mus musculus2022 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Gatekeeper · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Melanostoma mellinum · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupteryx decemnotata +20
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Eupteryx decemnotata Eupteryx decemnotata2023 Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae2023 Bird's-foot Wing-moss
Bird's-foot Wing-moss Nogopterium gracile Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,275 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blackbird +44
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2019 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tawny Owl Strix aluco Coal Tit Periparus ater2018 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Swift Apus apus2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Stock Dove Columba oenas Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2018 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2018 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2018 Jay Garrulus glandarius2018 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea House Martin Delichon urbicum Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2022 Dendrocopos major anglicus Dendrocopos major anglicus2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2020 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2020 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2020 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2018 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog · House Mouse +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Badger Meles meles2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 House Mouse Mus musculus2022 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Gatekeeper · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Melanostoma mellinum · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupteryx decemnotata +20
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Eupteryx decemnotata Eupteryx decemnotata2023 Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae2023 Bird's-foot Wing-moss
Bird's-foot Wing-moss Nogopterium gracile Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2022
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2019
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2019
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2021
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2021
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2021
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2021
Larder Beetle Dermestes lardarius2019
Larder Beetle Dermestes lardarius2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi2019
Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi2019
Hornet Vespa crabro2019
Hornet Vespa crabro2019
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2019
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2019 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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