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✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Wren
🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Wren
🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
🐕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

Horse riding

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Horse riding

Strong match

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +10 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +10 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

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 route187 m

Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.9 km

Named routeRef 18Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9.5 km

Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route270 m

Named routeRef 18Length 270 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

12,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Wren · Goldfinch · Robin · Magpie +62

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwiftApus apus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2022
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
CootFulica atra2023

🦌

Mammals12 species

summer

2023

Soprano Pipistrelle · Nathusius's Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle +7

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2022
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2022
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2024

Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +8

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Wren · Goldfinch · Robin · Magpie +62

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwiftApus apus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2022
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
CootFulica atra2023

🦌

Mammals12 species

summer

2023

Soprano Pipistrelle · Nathusius's Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle +7

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2022
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2022
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2024

Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +8

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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