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Hemsted Forest Golf Club

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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
⛳Golf 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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Stinky Knight, Mild Milkcap, Bay Bolete +13 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Stinky Knight, Mild Milkcap, Bay Bolete +13 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dented Silk-moss, Bank Haircap, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +37 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Dented Silk-moss, Bank Haircap, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +37 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Glow-worm, Common Darter, Sericomyia silentis +10 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Glow-worm, Common Darter, Sericomyia silentis +10 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route5 km

Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route714 m

Named routeRef 18Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route628 m

Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,628 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,628 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
DunnockPrunella modularis
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BuzzardButeo buteo
MagpiePica pica2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
RavenCorvus corax
CuckooCuculus canorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
SwiftApus apus2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
PintailAnas acuta2022
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2022
WryneckJynx torquilla2021
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse +1

BadgerMeles meles2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2024

Glow-worm · Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami +8

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2023
Leucopis glyphinivoraLeucopis glyphinivora2023
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloides2020
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2020

🍄

Fungi16 species

autumn

2020

Sulphur Knight · Mild Milkcap · Bay Bolete · Russula silvestris · Variable Oysterling +11

Sulphur KnightTricholoma sulphureum var. sulphureum
Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis
Bay BoleteImleria badia
Russula silvestrisRussula silvestris
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
Star FibrecapInocybe asterospora
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
Velvet BrittlegillRussula violeipes
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides
Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa
Pinkedge BonnetMycena capillaripes
Fleecy MilkcapLactarius vellereus
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Saffron MilkcapLactarius deliciosus
Sulphur TuftHypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Spectacular RustgillGymnopilus junonius

🌿

Plants40 species

winterspring

2024

Dented Silk-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Notched Pouchwort · Overleaf Pellia +35

Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2023
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2023
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2023
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2023
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2023
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2023
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2023
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2023
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2023
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2023
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2023
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2023
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2023
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2022
Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum2022
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2021
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2021
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2021
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2021
Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2021
Mountain Fork-mossDicranum montanum2021
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2021
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2021
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2021
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2021
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2021
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,628 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
DunnockPrunella modularis
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BuzzardButeo buteo
MagpiePica pica2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
RavenCorvus corax
CuckooCuculus canorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
SwiftApus apus2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
PintailAnas acuta2022
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2022
WryneckJynx torquilla2021
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse +1

BadgerMeles meles2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2024

Glow-worm · Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami +8

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2023
Leucopis glyphinivoraLeucopis glyphinivora2023
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloides2020
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2020

🍄

Fungi16 species

autumn

2020

Sulphur Knight · Mild Milkcap · Bay Bolete · Russula silvestris · Variable Oysterling +11

Sulphur KnightTricholoma sulphureum var. sulphureum
Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis
Bay BoleteImleria badia
Russula silvestrisRussula silvestris
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
Star FibrecapInocybe asterospora
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
Velvet BrittlegillRussula violeipes
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides
Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa
Pinkedge BonnetMycena capillaripes
Fleecy MilkcapLactarius vellereus
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Saffron MilkcapLactarius deliciosus
Sulphur TuftHypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Spectacular RustgillGymnopilus junonius

🌿

Plants40 species

winterspring

2024

Dented Silk-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Notched Pouchwort · Overleaf Pellia +35

Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2023
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2023
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2023
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2023
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2023
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2023
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2023
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2023
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2023
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2023
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2023
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2023
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2023
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2022
Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum2022
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2021
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2021
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2021
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2021
Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2021
Mountain Fork-mossDicranum montanum2021
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2021
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2021
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2021
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2021
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2021
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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