Windmill Down - Urban woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.06371, 0.44542
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
- 🅿️Parking 265m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 265m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Family Cycle Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Play TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route628 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
13,823 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,823 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Little Grebe · Coot +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,823 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Little Grebe · Coot +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2025Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Events & activities nearby
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