Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
50.92279, 0.48395
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +93 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +93 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Harlequin Ladybird, Meadow Plant Bug +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ash, Creeping Buttercup, Common Nettle +100 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Farm attraction nearby
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Uckham Lanebridleway · 829 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 829 mPath type: unclassified
Uckham Lanebridleway · 17 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 17 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
86,764 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
86,764 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Wren · Robin +29
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Ash · Hawthorn +84
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
86,764 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Wren · Robin +29
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Ash · Hawthorn +84
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas