Middle Wood
✦ Ancient woodland29 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.04399, 0.36673
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Blackbird, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Green Woodpecker, Blackbird, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Early-purple Orchid, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Small White, Common Blue, Meadow Brown +148 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Blackthorn, Hazel +1 more foraging species
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
2 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
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Wildlife to spot
1,944 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,944 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird · Starling · Tawny Owl +10
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
🦌Mammals11 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Indet. Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Long-eared Bat species · Badger +6
- Indet. DeerCervidae2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2024
- Badger
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
16-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Eristalis pertinax · Dark Bush-cricket
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Early-purple Orchid · Isothecium myosuroides · Mamillate Plait-moss · Blackthorn · Lesser Londonpride +29
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2021
- Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2021
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Lesser LondonprideSaxifraga cuneifolia
- Coralroot BittercressCardamine bulbifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,944 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird · Starling · Tawny Owl +10
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
🦌Mammals11 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Indet. Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Long-eared Bat species · Badger +6
- Indet. DeerCervidae2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2024
- Badger
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
16-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Eristalis pertinax · Dark Bush-cricket
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Early-purple Orchid · Isothecium myosuroides · Mamillate Plait-moss · Blackthorn · Lesser Londonpride +29
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2021
- Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2021
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Lesser LondonprideSaxifraga cuneifolia
- Coralroot BittercressCardamine bulbifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meles meles2024
Meles meles2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021Fallow DeerDama dama2024Fallow DeerDama dama2024Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021BroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusPetty Pocket-mossFissidens pusillus2021Petty Pocket-mossFissidens pusillus2021Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2021Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2021Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2021Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2021Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2021Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2021Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2021Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2021Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2021Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2021Common PottiaTortula truncata2021Common PottiaTortula truncata2021Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2021Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2021River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2021River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Tozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeri2021Tozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeri2021Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2021Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2021Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2021Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2021Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2021Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2021Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2021Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2021Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2021Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2021Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2021Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2021Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2021Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2021Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2021Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2021Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2021Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2021Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2021Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2021Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2021Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2021Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2021Events & activities nearby
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