Parson's Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 9 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South East › Mid Sussex Getting here
51.03552, -0.04093
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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 £ 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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Dandelion, Common Nettle +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hornbeam, Hawthorn, Dandelion +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Chelwood Vachery (Ashdown Forest on foot) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref AF-CV Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Diamond Way Walking route 97 km ▾
Named route Length 97 km Regional walking route
Show on map Sussex Ouse Valley Way Walking route 67 km ▾
Named route Length 67 km Regional walking route
Show on map Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public Footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ashgrounds Wood Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 National Cycle Network
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
6,255 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,255 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mole · Grey Squirrel
Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Azure Damselfly +1
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Indet. Ladybird Coccinellidae Hornbeam · Plantain · Bird's-Foot-Trefoil · Bramble · Hawthorn +10
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Plantain Plantago Bird's-Foot-Trefoil Lotus Bramble Rubus Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Common Nettle Urtica dioica Ivy Hedera helix Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,255 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mole · Grey Squirrel
Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Azure Damselfly +1
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Indet. Ladybird Coccinellidae Hornbeam · Plantain · Bird's-Foot-Trefoil · Bramble · Hawthorn +10
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Plantain Plantago Bird's-Foot-Trefoil Lotus Bramble Rubus Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Common Nettle Urtica dioica Ivy Hedera helix Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blackthorn
Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hawkweed Hieracium
Hawkweed Hieracium
Mallow Sidalcea hendersonii
Mallow Sidalcea hendersonii
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis
Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis
Ragwort Senecio
Ragwort Senecio
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus 