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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
50.99726, -0.10588
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tory's Cafe in the Park — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tory's Cafe in the Park — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Comma +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Holly, Lesser Celandine, Yarrow +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ashgrounds WoodWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Green Circle - Walking RelationWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kings WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rocky Lane Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bolnore Roadbyway open to all traffic · 136 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 136 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Victoria Park, Haywards Heath
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Wildlife to spot
33,553 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,553 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Hawfinch · House Sparrow +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Darter · Lesser Stag Beetle · Sicus ferrugineus · Melanostoma scalare +6
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Syritta pipiens
Holly · Yarrow · Ribwort Plantain · Bittersweet · Lesser Celandine +24
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,553 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Hawfinch · House Sparrow +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Darter · Lesser Stag Beetle · Sicus ferrugineus · Melanostoma scalare +6
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Syritta pipiens
Holly · Yarrow · Ribwort Plantain · Bittersweet · Lesser Celandine +24
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaAutumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025French MarigoldTagetes patula2025French MarigoldTagetes patula2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2025Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2025Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2025CowbaneCicuta virosa2025CowbaneCicuta virosa2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Creeping Yellow-cressRorippa sylvestris2025Creeping Yellow-cressRorippa sylvestris2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025