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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.58270, 0.51048
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 254m away — 5 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 254m away — 5 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Mallard +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Mallard +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Rosemary Beetle, Jet Ant +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km▾
Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 16 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route181 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route934 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Footpath by Burnt Mills Road, Nevendon
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Wildlife to spot
3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,019 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Herring Gull +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians5 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- frogs and toadsAnura2025
Jet Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Large White · 7-spot Ladybird · St Marks Fly +24
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- PeacockAglais io
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,019 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Herring Gull +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians5 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · frogs and toads
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- frogs and toadsAnura2025
Jet Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Large White · 7-spot Ladybird · St Marks Fly +24
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- PeacockAglais io
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas