Sayers Common
Notable areas
Sayers Common Wood and Coombe Wood, e.g. TQ 267 180, sandwiched between the old and the new London Roads, are well-loved ancient bluebell woods, large by the standards of this countryside, but noisy.
Sayers Common church (TQ269 186) built in 1880, has a wild flower churchyard, with ox eye daisy, spring sedge and adder's tongue fern and in the past has had green winged orchid. It can be rich in meadow fungi, including the rare straw club and many more.
Just west of the church, along the north edge of Furze Field wood, are derelict brook meadows (TQ 263 185) rich in wildlife, but rapidly losing value (2012). There are roe deer amongst the tufted hair grass and dropwort next to the brook that divides the meadow. This tangle of coarse vegetation is squeezing out the betony, sneezewort, pepper saxifrage, devil's bit, tormentil and spotted orchid that still cling on around the edges. South of Furze Field (TQ 262 182) is a damp meadow wholly dominated by tufted hair grass, with some spotted orchids.
The countryside around the ex-Priory, Stuccles and New House Farms (TQ 263 189) has many oaks, and in July the purple hairstreak butterflies can be seen flitting and sunning in their canopies.
References
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common, Mid Sussex, West Sussex". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "BBC News - Fake DVDS seized at car boot sale in Hassocks, Sussex". 12 August 2010.
- ^ Bangs, David (2018). THE LAND OF THE BRIGHTON LINE: A Field Guide to the Middle Sussex and Southeast Surrey Weald. Farlington, Portsmouth: Bishops Printers. ISBN 978-0-9548638-2-1.
External links
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