Taintfield Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 5 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
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50.98453, -0.25178
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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 🐕 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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Nightingale, Jackdaw, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Nightingale, Jackdaw, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tufted Vetch, Lesser Stitchwort, Red Clover +78 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Lesser Stitchwort, Red Clover +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Beautiful Demoiselle, Glow-worm +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Beautiful Demoiselle, Glow-worm +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Sorrel, Ramsons, Sheep's Sorrel +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 Downs Link Walking route 59 km ▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named route Length 59 km Regional walking route
Show on map Red Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Burgess Hill - Hickstead Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Burgress Hill - Hickstead (A2300) Cycle Track Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 223 Length 3.6 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 223 Length 2.6 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 223 Length 1.9 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Kings Lane bridleway · 347 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 347 m Path type: service
Show on map Moatfield Lane bridleway · 535 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 535 m Surface asphalt Path type: track
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
2,409 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Green Woodpecker · Jackdaw · Magpie · Wren · Nightingale +26
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Rock Dove Columba livia Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Stock Dove Columba oenas House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Barn Owl Tyto alba Mute Swan Cygnus olor Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Skylark Alauda arvensis 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Meadow Grasshopper · Glow-worm · Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug +3
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Hoverfly Syrphidae Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Cantharis fusca Crested Dog's-tail · Creeping Thistle · Yorkshire-fog · Red Clover · Meadow Buttercup +40
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Red Clover Trifolium pratense Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Green Woodpecker · Jackdaw · Magpie · Wren · Nightingale +26
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Rock Dove Columba livia Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Stock Dove Columba oenas House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Barn Owl Tyto alba Mute Swan Cygnus olor Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Skylark Alauda arvensis 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Meadow Grasshopper · Glow-worm · Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug +3
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Hoverfly Syrphidae Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Cantharis fusca Crested Dog's-tail · Creeping Thistle · Yorkshire-fog · Red Clover · Meadow Buttercup +40
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Red Clover Trifolium pratense Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis fusca
Cantharis fusca
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Agrimony Agrimonia
Agrimony Agrimonia
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Grass Vetchling Lathyrus nissolia
Grass Vetchling Lathyrus nissolia
Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris
Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Smaller Cat's-tail Phleum bertolonii
Smaller Cat's-tail Phleum bertolonii
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Meadow Barley Hordeum secalinum
Meadow Barley Hordeum secalinum
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Pignut Conopodium majus
Pignut Conopodium majus
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Bird's-Foot-Trefoil Lotus
Bird's-Foot-Trefoil Lotus
Yew Taxus baccata
Yew Taxus baccata
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Cinquefoil Potentilla
Cinquefoil Potentilla
Timothy Phleum pratense
Timothy Phleum pratense
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
Mint Mentha
Mint Mentha
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Star Sedge Carex echinata
Star Sedge Carex echinata
Smooth Tare Ervum tetraspermum
Smooth Tare Ervum tetraspermum 