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Milldown Wood

✦ Ancient woodland16 ha

WildlifeBirdsForaging

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha

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50.98092, 0.63229

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

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

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Raven, Nightingale, Marsh Tit +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Raven, Nightingale, Marsh Tit +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Sweet Chestnut +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Mistletoe, Primrose, Wood Anemone +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Dock Bug, Rutpela maculata +95 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Dock Bug, Rutpela maculata +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km

Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route738 m

Named routeRef 2Length 738 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

6,752 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,752 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

spring

2026

Red Kite · Raven · Nightingale · Marsh Tit · Nuthatch +61

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
SwiftApus apus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Milvus milvus milvusMilvus milvus milvus2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica2022
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021

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Mammals16 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat +11

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaea
BadgerMeles meles2024
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
WeaselMustela nivalis2021

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2023

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects97 species

summer

2025

Meadow Grasshopper · Dock Bug · Rutpela maculata · Dark Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket +92

Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus2023
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2023
Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2021
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Clytra quadripunctataClytra quadripunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2023
Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2023
Metatropis rufescensMetatropis rufescens2023
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2022
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2021
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2021
Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus
Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata2023
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2023
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023
Taphropeltus contractusTaphropeltus contractus2023
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023
Melandrya caraboidesMelandrya caraboides2023
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Gonioctena decemnotataGonioctena decemnotata2023
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2022
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2022
Psocus bipunctatusPsocus bipunctatus2022
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2022
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2022
Lagria atripesLagria atripes2022
Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2021
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2021
Divining HorntailUrocerus augur2021
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2021
Pale-hipped WoodwaspXeris pallicoxae2021
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2021
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2021
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2021
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2021
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021

🌿

Plants97 species

spring

2026

Mistletoe · Primrose · Wood Anemone · Daffodil · Lesser Celandine +92

MistletoeViscum album2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
PignutConopodium majus2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Sweet VioletViola odorata2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Autumn HawkweedHieracium sabaudum2024
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2023
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2025
FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata2025
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2025
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2025
Juncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusJuncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosus2025
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2025
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2025
Japanese Red-cedarCryptomeria japonica2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2025
European LarchLarix decidua2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
WellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
DockRumex2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
VioletViola2025
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2024
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2024
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024
Water-purslaneLythrum portula2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,752 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

spring

2026

Red Kite · Raven · Nightingale · Marsh Tit · Nuthatch +61

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
SwiftApus apus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Milvus milvus milvusMilvus milvus milvus2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica2022
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021

🦌

Mammals16 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat +11

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaea
BadgerMeles meles2024
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
WeaselMustela nivalis2021

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2023

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects97 species

summer

2025

Meadow Grasshopper · Dock Bug · Rutpela maculata · Dark Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket +92

Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus2023
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2023
Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2021
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Clytra quadripunctataClytra quadripunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2023
Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2023
Metatropis rufescensMetatropis rufescens2023
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2022
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2021
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2021
Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus
Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata2023
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2023
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023
Taphropeltus contractusTaphropeltus contractus2023
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023
Melandrya caraboidesMelandrya caraboides2023
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Gonioctena decemnotataGonioctena decemnotata2023
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2022
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2022
Psocus bipunctatusPsocus bipunctatus2022
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2022
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2022
Lagria atripesLagria atripes2022
Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2021
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2021
Divining HorntailUrocerus augur2021
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2021
Pale-hipped WoodwaspXeris pallicoxae2021
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2021
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2021
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2021
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2021
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021

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Plants97 species

spring

2026

Mistletoe · Primrose · Wood Anemone · Daffodil · Lesser Celandine +92

MistletoeViscum album2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
PignutConopodium majus2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Sweet VioletViola odorata2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Autumn HawkweedHieracium sabaudum2024
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2023
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2025
FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata2025
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2025
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2025
Juncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusJuncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosus2025
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2025
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2025
Japanese Red-cedarCryptomeria japonica2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2025
European LarchLarix decidua2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
WellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
DockRumex2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
VioletViola2025
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2024
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2024
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024
Water-purslaneLythrum portula2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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