Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.88480, 0.42254
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +98 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Mammals — Rabbit, Hazel Dormouse, Hedgehog +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Large White, Small White +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Primrose +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
Motoring Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
7 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 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
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Photos
St Mary's Church, Ninfield
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,174 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,174 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Magpie +52
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- TealAnas crecca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GadwallMareca strepera
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Culiseta annulata · Dock Bug · Glow-worm · Batman Hoverfly · Broad Centurion +13
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
- Emperor Dragonfly
Primrose · Bluebell · Marsh-marigold
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,174 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Magpie +52
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- TealAnas crecca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GadwallMareca strepera
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Culiseta annulata · Dock Bug · Glow-worm · Batman Hoverfly · Broad Centurion +13
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
- Emperor Dragonfly
Primrose · Bluebell · Marsh-marigold
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator2025
Anax imperator2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2025Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025WirewormElateridae2025WirewormElateridae2025Indet. Spider BeetlePtinidae2025Indet. Spider BeetlePtinidae2025Cassida vibexCassida vibex2025Cassida vibexCassida vibex2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Events & activities nearby
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