Medieval settlement site in Buxted Park
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.98861, 0.11447
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Long-tailed Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Long-tailed Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Great Tit +35 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Great Tit +35 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Yew, Field Maple +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Bibio lanigerus, 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug +7 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,636 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Song Thrush +33
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects10 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Bibio lanigerus · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Limonia nubeculosa +5
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Snowdrop · Yew · Field Maple · Hazel · Wall Screw-moss +27
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Song Thrush +33
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects10 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Bibio lanigerus · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Limonia nubeculosa +5
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Snowdrop · Yew · Field Maple · Hazel · Wall Screw-moss +27
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Events & activities nearby
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