Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.04142, 0.50902
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🌿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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Hedgehog, Grey Squirrel +12 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Tree Bumblebee +101 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Creeping Feather-moss, Himalayan Balsam, Three-nerved Sandwort +16 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Play TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Hensill Lanepublic footpath · 197 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 197 mPath type: residential
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 431 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,500 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,500 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Robin · Collared Dove +32
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · House Mouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- House MouseMus musculus2023
🐝Insects43 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +38
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Western Honey Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,500 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Robin · Collared Dove +32
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · House Mouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- House MouseMus musculus2023
🐝Insects43 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +38
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Western Honey Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apis mellifera2024
Apis mellifera2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023Cionus hortulanusCionus hortulanus2025Cionus hortulanusCionus hortulanus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2023Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2023Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023Dusky AntFormica fusca2023Dusky AntFormica fusca2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023Events & activities nearby
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