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Lordship Wood

✦ Ancient woodland10 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Campsite

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Starling +58 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Starling +58 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

11 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 route187 m

Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.9 km

Named routeRef 18Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9.5 km

Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route270 m

Named routeRef 18Length 270 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

12,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springsummer

2024

Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blackcap +44

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwiftApus apus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Little OwlAthene noctua
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
CootFulica atra2023

🦌

Mammals10 species

summer

2023

Nathusius's Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle +5

Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Noctule

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2024

Azure Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Cockchafer +2

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springsummer

2024

Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blackcap +44

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwiftApus apus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Little OwlAthene noctua
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
CootFulica atra2023

🦌

Mammals10 species

summer

2023

Nathusius's Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle +5

Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Noctule

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2024

Azure Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Cockchafer +2

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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