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Plains Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

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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 — Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Elder, 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 — Holly, Heather, Lesser Spearwort +148 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Rhinoncus albicinctus, Minotaur Beetle, 13-spot Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rhinoncus albicinctus, Minotaur Beetle, 13-spot Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km

Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,699 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,699 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springautumn

2026

Great Tit · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Wren +49

Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor comminutus
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2026

Minotaur Beetle · Caenis horaria · Leptophlebia marginata · Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket +9

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
Caenis horariaCaenis horaria
Leptophlebia marginataLeptophlebia marginata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Baliothrips disparBaliothrips dispar2025

🌿

Plants47 species

springsummer

2025

Holly · Herb-Robert · Heather · Fairy Flax · Narrow-leaved Water-plantain +42

HollyIlex aquifolium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Narrow-leaved Water-plantainAlisma lanceolatum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Fine-leaved Water-dropwortOenanthe aquatica
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
ElderSambucus nigra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemula
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
Shining PondweedPotamogeton lucens
Small PondweedPotamogeton berchtoldii
PearPyrus communis
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
EyebrightEuphrasia
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
Lesser BulrushTypha angustifolia
MyriophyllumMyriophyllum
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
Blunt-leaved PondweedPotamogeton obtusifolius
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
BugleAjuga reptans
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Red CampionSilene dioica
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,699 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springautumn

2026

Great Tit · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Wren +49

Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor comminutus
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2026

Minotaur Beetle · Caenis horaria · Leptophlebia marginata · Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket +9

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
Caenis horariaCaenis horaria
Leptophlebia marginataLeptophlebia marginata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Baliothrips disparBaliothrips dispar2025

🌿

Plants47 species

springsummer

2025

Holly · Herb-Robert · Heather · Fairy Flax · Narrow-leaved Water-plantain +42

HollyIlex aquifolium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Narrow-leaved Water-plantainAlisma lanceolatum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Fine-leaved Water-dropwortOenanthe aquatica
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
ElderSambucus nigra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemula
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
Shining PondweedPotamogeton lucens
Small PondweedPotamogeton berchtoldii
PearPyrus communis
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
EyebrightEuphrasia
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
Lesser BulrushTypha angustifolia
MyriophyllumMyriophyllum
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
Blunt-leaved PondweedPotamogeton obtusifolius
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
BugleAjuga reptans
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Red CampionSilene dioica
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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