Mount Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 5 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › South East › Tunbridge Wells Getting here
51.04699, 0.56897
Open directionsv 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bank Haircap · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Large Red Damselfly, Southern Hawker +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Large Red Damselfly, Southern Hawker +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 714 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 714 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 431 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 431 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 628 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 628 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
12,873 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,873 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren · Great Tit · Rook +47
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Coal Tit Periparus ater Redwing Turdus iliacus Coot Fulica atra2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus Linnet Linaria cannabina Little Egret Egretta garzetta Raven Corvus corax Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swift Apus apus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Little Owl Athene noctua2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Hazel Dormouse · Field Vole · Rabbit · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Field Vole Microtus agrestis2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Large Red Damselfly · Orange Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Glow-worm +1
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024 Bank Haircap
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,873 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren · Great Tit · Rook +47
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Coal Tit Periparus ater Redwing Turdus iliacus Coot Fulica atra2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus Linnet Linaria cannabina Little Egret Egretta garzetta Raven Corvus corax Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swift Apus apus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Little Owl Athene noctua2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Hazel Dormouse · Field Vole · Rabbit · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Field Vole Microtus agrestis2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Large Red Damselfly · Orange Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Glow-worm +1
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024 Bank Haircap
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2024
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2024
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli2024
Chrysotoxum verralli2024
