Plan your visit
🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.17301, 0.49761
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Marden Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Marden Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Turtle Dove, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Birds — Turtle Dove, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
33,823 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,823 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Collared Dove · Hobby · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow +43
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Nicholson's Beard-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Fern-leaved Hook-moss · Spreading Earth-moss · Field Forklet-moss +1
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
- Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
- Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens2025
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025
- Many-fruited Leskea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,823 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Collared Dove · Hobby · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow +43
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Nicholson's Beard-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Fern-leaved Hook-moss · Spreading Earth-moss · Field Forklet-moss +1
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
- Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
- Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens2025
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025
- Many-fruited Leskea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Green Shieldbug
Southern Green Shieldbug
Nezara viridula
Nezara viridula
Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaLeskea polycarpa2025
Leskea polycarpa2025
