Six Acre Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 10 ha
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50.94548, 0.62718
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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 — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Minute Pouncewort, Moon-leaved Pincerwort, Dusky Beard-moss +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker, Beautiful Demoiselle +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker, Beautiful Demoiselle +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore Way Walking route 262 km ▾
Named route Length 262 km Regional walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map 1066 Country Walk - Hastings Link Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 1066 Country Walk Walking route 50 km ▾
Named route Length 50 km Regional walking 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
6,728 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,728 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Robin · Woodpigeon +27
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dunnock Prunella modularis Siskin Spinus spinus Raven Corvus corax Rook Corvus frugilegus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Starling Sturnus vulgaris Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Helophilus pendulus · Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Cionus hortulanus · Dark Bush-cricket +19
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Cionus hortulanus Cionus hortulanus Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Common Darter Isothecium myosuroides · Dusky Beard-moss · Minute Pouncewort · Moon-leaved Pincerwort · Forked Veilwort +43
Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides Dusky Beard-moss Didymodon luridus Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima Moon-leaved Pincerwort Cephalozia lunulifolia Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Mueller's Pouchwort Calypogeia muelleriana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,728 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Robin · Woodpigeon +27
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dunnock Prunella modularis Siskin Spinus spinus Raven Corvus corax Rook Corvus frugilegus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Starling Sturnus vulgaris Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Helophilus pendulus · Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Cionus hortulanus · Dark Bush-cricket +19
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Cionus hortulanus Cionus hortulanus Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Common Darter Isothecium myosuroides · Dusky Beard-moss · Minute Pouncewort · Moon-leaved Pincerwort · Forked Veilwort +43
Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides Dusky Beard-moss Didymodon luridus Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima Moon-leaved Pincerwort Cephalozia lunulifolia Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Mueller's Pouchwort Calypogeia muelleriana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Stictoleptura scutellata Stictoleptura scutellata
Stictoleptura scutellata Stictoleptura scutellata
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Cheilosia variabilis Cheilosia variabilis
Cheilosia variabilis Cheilosia variabilis
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Metatropis rufescens Metatropis rufescens
Metatropis rufescens Metatropis rufescens Elegant Silk-moss
Elegant Silk-moss
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum
Woodsy Silk-moss Plagiothecium nemorale
Woodsy Silk-moss Plagiothecium nemorale
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Trichostomum brachydontium Trichostomum brachydontium
Trichostomum brachydontium Trichostomum brachydontium
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum
Sand Feather-moss Brachythecium mildeanum
Sand Feather-moss Brachythecium mildeanum
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Twist-tip Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri
Twist-tip Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Greater Featherwort Plagiochila asplenioides
Greater Featherwort Plagiochila asplenioides
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme
White Earwort Diplophyllum albicans
White Earwort Diplophyllum albicans
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Dwarf Feather-moss Microeurhynchium pumilum
Dwarf Feather-moss Microeurhynchium pumilum
Nicholson's Beard-moss Didymodon nicholsonii
Nicholson's Beard-moss Didymodon nicholsonii
Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla
Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Cape Thread-moss Orthodontium lineare
Cape Thread-moss Orthodontium lineare
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus
Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii
Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Slender Stubble-moss Gyroweisia tenuis
Slender Stubble-moss Gyroweisia tenuis
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Even Scalewort Radula complanata
Even Scalewort Radula complanata
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Common Pottia Tortula truncata
Common Pottia Tortula truncata
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Bruch's Pincushion Ulota bruchii
Bruch's Pincushion Ulota bruchii
Intermediate Polypody Polypodium interjectum
Intermediate Polypody Polypodium interjectum
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor2025
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025