Rusper Golf Club ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
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51.13461, -0.28472
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Primrose, Common Spotted-orchid, Japanese Knotweed +7 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +8 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +8 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Crawley Greenway Walking route ▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Beare Green walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capel walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map 26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 228 National Cycle Network
Show on map A24 Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Corridor 1a Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN Route 228 - Kilnwood Vale Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Crawley Western Relief Road Cycle Track Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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
3,521 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,521 records · National Biodiversity Network Starling · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +33
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Raven Corvus corax2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Rabbit 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2023 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Glow-worm · Stag Beetle
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,521 records · National Biodiversity Network Starling · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +33
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Raven Corvus corax2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Rabbit 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2023 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Glow-worm · Stag Beetle
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 