Little Common Recreation Ground
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🧺Picnic
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.84833, 0.43924
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Playing field
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Playing field — open space for a simple picnic
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Dark-edged Bee-fly +28 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
Motoring Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Loxwood Closepublic footpath · 15 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route230 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 230 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route382 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 382 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
40,894 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,894 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +19
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax +4
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Eupeodes
Male-fern · Sweet Chestnut · Guelder-rose · Ash · Wood Speedwell +77
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,894 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +19
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax +4
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Eupeodes
Male-fern · Sweet Chestnut · Guelder-rose · Ash · Wood Speedwell +77
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea20252025
2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025PrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025BayLaurus nobilis2025BayLaurus nobilis2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2025GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2025Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2025Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Red CurrantRibes rubrum2025Red CurrantRibes rubrum2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025New Zealand BroadleafGriselinia littoralis2025New Zealand BroadleafGriselinia littoralis2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2025Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2025Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025