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Netherfield Down

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Campsite

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +108 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hazel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Pendulous Sedge, Primrose, Holly +93 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pendulous Sedge, Primrose, Holly +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Orange Ladybird, Leptura quadrifasciata +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Orange Ladybird, Leptura quadrifasciata +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km

Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route

1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km

Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,176 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,176 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds115 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +110

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
SwiftApus apus2020
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
CootFulica atra2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2021
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
SnipeGallinago gallinago2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2020
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2020
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2019

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Hedgehog

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Willow Emerald Damselfly · Orange Ladybird · Leptura quadrifasciata · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Splayed Deerfly +14

Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens2024
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2023
Variable Nomad BeeNomada zonata2023
Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2022
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2022
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2021
Bibio varipesBibio varipes2021
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2021
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2021
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2020
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2020

🌿

Plants96 species

spring

2025

Pendulous Sedge · Primrose · Holly · Bramble · Bluebell +91

Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
IvyHedera helix2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
CleaversGalium aparine2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
PoplarPopulus2023
DaisyBellis perennis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
SanicleSanicula europaea2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
Japanese Red-cedarCryptomeria japonica2023
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae2023
Lesser CentauryCentaurium pulchellum2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
CurrantRibes2023
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
English ElmUlmus procera2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii2023
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023
Goat WillowSalix caprea2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023
RushJuncus2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
RagwortSenecio2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,176 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds115 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +110

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
SwiftApus apus2020
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
CootFulica atra2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2021
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
SnipeGallinago gallinago2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2020
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2020
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2019

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Hedgehog

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Willow Emerald Damselfly · Orange Ladybird · Leptura quadrifasciata · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Splayed Deerfly +14

Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens2024
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2023
Variable Nomad BeeNomada zonata2023
Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2022
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2022
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2021
Bibio varipesBibio varipes2021
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2021
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2021
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2020
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2020

🌿

Plants96 species

spring

2025

Pendulous Sedge · Primrose · Holly · Bramble · Bluebell +91

Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
IvyHedera helix2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
CleaversGalium aparine2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
PoplarPopulus2023
DaisyBellis perennis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
SanicleSanicula europaea2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
Japanese Red-cedarCryptomeria japonica2023
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae2023
Lesser CentauryCentaurium pulchellum2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
CurrantRibes2023
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
English ElmUlmus procera2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii2023
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023
Goat WillowSalix caprea2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023
RushJuncus2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
RagwortSenecio2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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