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Muster Green

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Holly, Lesser Celandine, Yarrow +40 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Holly, Lesser Celandine, Yarrow +40 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Comma +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Comma +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed)

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km

Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route

Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ashgrounds WoodWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Green Circle - Walking RelationWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lucastes Roadpublic footpath · 21 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Lucastes Roadpublic footpath · 409 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 409 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Lucastes Avenuepublic footpath · 68 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kings WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Norther Arc AvenueCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Norther Arc AvenueCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Rocky Lane Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Bolnore Roadbyway open to all traffic · 185 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 185 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Bolnore Roadbyway open to all traffic · 136 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 136 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

34,461 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

34,461 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle · Red Fox +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects25 species

autumn

2025

Red Admiral · Large White · Comma · Meadow Brown · Western Conifer Seed Bug +20

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Broad-banded Nomad BeeNomada signata
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024

🌿

Plants43 species

summer

2026

Holly · Lesser Celandine · Yarrow · Ribwort Plantain · Bittersweet +38

HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus2025
Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
French MarigoldTagetes patula2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
CowbaneCicuta virosa2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Creeping Yellow-cressRorippa sylvestris2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2025
Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Purple ToothwortLathraea clandestina2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Tunbridge Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tunbrigense2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

34,461 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle · Red Fox +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects25 species

autumn

2025

Red Admiral · Large White · Comma · Meadow Brown · Western Conifer Seed Bug +20

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Broad-banded Nomad BeeNomada signata
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024

🌿

Plants43 species

summer

2026

Holly · Lesser Celandine · Yarrow · Ribwort Plantain · Bittersweet +38

HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus2025
Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
French MarigoldTagetes patula2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
CowbaneCicuta virosa2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Creeping Yellow-cressRorippa sylvestris2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2025
Man OrchidOrchis anthropophora2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Purple ToothwortLathraea clandestina2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Tunbridge Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tunbrigense2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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