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Wellhead Wood

✦ Ancient woodland42 ha

📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha

Getting here

50.98065, 0.50768

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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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

9 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 — Robin, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Parrot Waxcap, Snowy Waxcap, Golden Waxcap +26 more · last seen 2021; Fungi — Parrot Waxcap, Snowy Waxcap, Golden Waxcap +26 more · last seen 2021

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +107 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle, Large White +16 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

15 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

1,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspring

2025

Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +57

BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CootFulica atra
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Little OwlAthene noctua
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
WryneckJynx torquilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
NuthatchSitta europaea
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GullLarus canus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2024

Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Bat +3

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
BadgerMeles meles
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
BatChiroptera2021
Polecat

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common ToadBufo bufo2023

🐝

Insects6 species

summerautumn

2023

Beautiful Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly +1

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens

🍄

Fungi13 species

autumn

2021

Parrot Waxcap · Golden Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Meadow Waxcap · Oily Waxcap +8

Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
Golden WaxcapHygrocybe chlorophana
Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Oily WaxcapHygrocybe quieta
Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
Scarlet Waxcap

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2025

Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower · Tansy · Wood Anemone

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
TansyTanacetum vulgare2022
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspring

2025

Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +57

BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CootFulica atra
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Little OwlAthene noctua
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
WryneckJynx torquilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
NuthatchSitta europaea
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GullLarus canus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2024

Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Bat +3

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
BadgerMeles meles
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
BatChiroptera2021
Polecat

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common ToadBufo bufo2023

🐝

Insects6 species

summerautumn

2023

Beautiful Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly +1

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens

🍄

Fungi13 species

autumn

2021

Parrot Waxcap · Golden Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Meadow Waxcap · Oily Waxcap +8

Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
Golden WaxcapHygrocybe chlorophana
Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Oily WaxcapHygrocybe quieta
Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
Scarlet Waxcap

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2025

Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower · Tansy · Wood Anemone

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
TansyTanacetum vulgare2022
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022

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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