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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome109 ha
Getting here
51.08278, -0.34572
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Mallard
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Mallard, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: SOUTH EAST LODGES OF WARNHAM COURT SCHOOL
Free
Birds — Tufted Duck, Mallard, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Carabus nemoralis · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named routeLength 13 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
Shelley Cycle Pathpublic footpath · 109 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 109 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Lucas Roadpublic footpath · 134 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 134 mPath type: residential
Rookwood Golf Clubpublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mPath type: service
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Worthing Road to Horsham StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Corridor 1aCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pedlars WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broadbridge Heath to HorshamCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Daux Hillbridleway · 327 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 327 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Daux Hillbridleway · 38 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Daux Hillbridleway · 675 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 675 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
62,404 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
62,404 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Teal · Mallard +39
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Primrose · Cuckooflower · Bluebell +6
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
62,404 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Teal · Mallard +39
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Primrose · Cuckooflower · Bluebell +6
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifolium