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Watts' Wood

✦ Ancient woodland7 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

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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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Honesty, Lords-and-Ladies, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, White-legged Damselfly +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, White-legged Damselfly +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Forge Lanebridleway · 164 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 164 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

4,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Wren · Tawny Owl · Blackbird · Blue Tit +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CootFulica atra2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summer

2024

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Domestic Dog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Scaeva pyrastri · Common Blue Damselfly · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Meliscaeva auricollis +3

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants8 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Honesty · Lords-and-Ladies · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Silverweed · Scarlet Pimpernel +3

HonestyLunaria annua
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Wren · Tawny Owl · Blackbird · Blue Tit +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CootFulica atra2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summer

2024

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Domestic Dog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Scaeva pyrastri · Common Blue Damselfly · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Meliscaeva auricollis +3

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants8 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Honesty · Lords-and-Ladies · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Silverweed · Scarlet Pimpernel +3

HonestyLunaria annua
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Romano-British site S of Bodiam BridgeHistoric site2.3 km→✦A quadrangular castle and its landscaped setting, an associated millpond, medieval crofts and cultivation earthworks, and a World War II pillbox at BodiamHistoric site2.7 km→🌱Great DixterUrban park3.9 km→🌱High GardenUrban park4 km→🌱Vegetable GardenUrban park4 km→✦Brede High FarmHistoric site3 km→

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