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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.86954, 0.33874
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Herstmonceux Castle, with attached bridges to north and south and causeway with moat retaining walls to west.; Historic site
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Holly, Bracken +136 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route281 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,033 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,033 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Redwing · Chaffinch · Grey Heron · Great Spotted Woodpecker +25
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holly · Bracken · Sweet Chestnut · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers +75
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,033 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Redwing · Chaffinch · Grey Heron · Great Spotted Woodpecker +25
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holly · Bracken · Sweet Chestnut · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers +75
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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