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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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

6 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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Glow-worm, Stag Beetle, Azure Damselfly +27 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rhododendron, Germander Speedwell, Smooth Sow-thistle +200 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Rhododendron, Germander Speedwell, Smooth Sow-thistle +200 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Beech, Smooth Hawk's-beard +27 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South Downs WayWalking route160 km

Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route

West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Heritage TrailWalking route

Named route

Knepp Wildland Red RouteWalking route

Named routeRound trip

Knepp Wildland White RouteWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

A24 CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

South Downs WayMountain bike route

Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

17,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot · Mallard · Moorhen +35

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2026

Adder · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects4 species

springautumn

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025

🌿

Plants100 species

autumn

2026

Rhododendron · Smooth Sow-thistle · Scots Pine · Broad-leaved Dock · Red Dead-nettle +95

RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Prince-of-Wales Feather-mossNeckera smithii
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025
SanicleSanicula europaea2025
Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2025
Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa2025
JuneberryAmelanchier lamarckii2025
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
HawkweedHieracium2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Dwarf GorseUlex minor2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescueFestuca filiformis2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Swedish Whitebeam (aggregate)Sorbus intermedia2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot · Mallard · Moorhen +35

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2026

Adder · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects4 species

springautumn

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025

🌿

Plants100 species

autumn

2026

Rhododendron · Smooth Sow-thistle · Scots Pine · Broad-leaved Dock · Red Dead-nettle +95

RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Prince-of-Wales Feather-mossNeckera smithii
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025
SanicleSanicula europaea2025
Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2025
Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa2025
JuneberryAmelanchier lamarckii2025
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
HawkweedHieracium2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Dwarf GorseUlex minor2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescueFestuca filiformis2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Swedish Whitebeam (aggregate)Sorbus intermedia2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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