Resources

Online links and Gallery 📸 to learn more about the woodlands, the habitat and related organisations working together to protect this beautiful ancient woodland.

Links to Woodland and Habitat Information

Map Links

Natural England

To see the ancient woodland boundaries on Natural England's Open Map:

please use this link

Other nearby Local Nature Reserves (LNR)

Eastern Road Nature Reserve

Our friends at Eastern Road who are

dedicated to restoring

their local nature reserve

after the felling of Ash trees

Scrase Valley LNR

Mid Sussex District Council woodland with scrub and flood meadow

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/scrase-valley-lnr/

Blunts Wood and Paige's Wood

MSDC woodland and meadow

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/blunts-wood-and-paiges-wood/

Green Map

FoABW on the Green Map system, sustainable and environmental mapping for communities, think local - map global

FoABW on Green Map

🐝 Bee Identification Resources 🐝

Patrick and the conservation team created a few bee scrapes in March 2025, in Pond Meadow. A scrape results in bare earth on a bank (such as the banks of the ponds in Pond Meadow) where solitary bees can burrow and lay their eggs. If you are walking in the woods and see any bees and would like to record your sighting it is easy to do even if you are new to recognising bee species.

Take a photo
Record what you saw
Note where and when (time and date)
Note down your name too

To find the exact location in the woods you could use an app on your phone such as What3Words: https://what3words.com/

Or you can find the grid reference from the online OS map: https://explore.osmaps.com/

click on the position of your sighting, which will drop a pin on the map, then right click to be informed of the Grid Reference (latitude, longitude and elevation).

Please share your sighting with FoABW.

If you would also like to send the information to national data records you could use the INaturalist App on your phone or laptop, even if you are a beginner, as you will find help within the app to recognise your species. iRecord can also be used, even to upload a casual record.

These online guides are also helpful:

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/learn-about-bumblebees/species-guide/

https://www.naturespot.org/gallery/bees-wasps-ants

Kew Gardens Solitary Bee Information