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All Saint's Church

4 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
🌿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

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
🌿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

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Jackdaw +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Jackdaw +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Bramble, Pedunculate Oak +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Agrimony, Selfheal, Dog-rose +64 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Agrimony, Selfheal, Dog-rose +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Maldon to SalcottWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Honeypot Lanepublic footpath · 767 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 767 mPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route5.6 km

Named routeRef 1Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route639 m

Named routeRef 1Length 639 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route212 m

Named routeRef 1Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

7,271 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,271 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds85 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Buzzard · Kestrel +80

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WhitethroatCurruca communis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Barn OwlTyto alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
SwiftApus apus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Great TitParus major2022
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2017
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
TealAnas crecca2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2021
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2018
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
RedshankTringa totanus2018
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2018
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2018

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Badger · Weasel · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +5

BadgerMeles meles2019
WeaselMustela nivalis2018
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2018
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
StoatMustela erminea2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
BatChiroptera2017
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2017

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Ringlet +37

Small WhitePieris rapae2021
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2021
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2021
Large WhitePieris brassicae2021
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2021
PeacockAglais io2021
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2021
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2020
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2021
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2019
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
Clouded YellowColias croceus2021
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2018
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2019

Royal Bolete

Royal BoleteBoletus regius

🌿

Plants67 species

summer

2026

Agrimony · Selfheal · Dog-rose · Green-winged Orchid · Common Knapweed +62

AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Dog-roseRosa canina2017
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024
ThistleCirsium2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
ElderSambucus nigra2018
HollyIlex aquifolium2018
BrambleRubus2017
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018
DaisyBellis perennis2018
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2018
Field MapleAcer campestre2018
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2018
Common NettleUrtica dioica2018
IvyHedera helix2018
AshFraxinus excelsior2017
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2017
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2017
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017
Greater PlantainPlantago major2017
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017
Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2017
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
PignutConopodium majus2024
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
SnowdropGalanthus2018
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018
PrimrosePrimula2018
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2018
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2018
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2018
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2018
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018
YewTaxus baccata2018
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2017
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017
DockRumex2017
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2017
HazelCorylus2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2017
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2017
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2017
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2017
CleaversGalium aparine2017
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2017
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2017
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
BroomCytisus scoparius2017
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,271 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds85 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Buzzard · Kestrel +80

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WhitethroatCurruca communis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Barn OwlTyto alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
SwiftApus apus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Great TitParus major2022
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2017
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
TealAnas crecca2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2021
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2018
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
RedshankTringa totanus2018
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2018
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2018

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Badger · Weasel · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +5

BadgerMeles meles2019
WeaselMustela nivalis2018
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2018
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
StoatMustela erminea2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
BatChiroptera2017
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2017

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Ringlet +37

Small WhitePieris rapae2021
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2021
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2021
Large WhitePieris brassicae2021
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2021
PeacockAglais io2021
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2021
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2020
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2021
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2019
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
Clouded YellowColias croceus2021
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2018
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2019

Royal Bolete

Royal BoleteBoletus regius

🌿

Plants67 species

summer

2026

Agrimony · Selfheal · Dog-rose · Green-winged Orchid · Common Knapweed +62

AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Dog-roseRosa canina2017
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024
ThistleCirsium2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
ElderSambucus nigra2018
HollyIlex aquifolium2018
BrambleRubus2017
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018
DaisyBellis perennis2018
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2018
Field MapleAcer campestre2018
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2018
Common NettleUrtica dioica2018
IvyHedera helix2018
AshFraxinus excelsior2017
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2017
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2017
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017
Greater PlantainPlantago major2017
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2017
Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2017
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
PignutConopodium majus2024
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
SnowdropGalanthus2018
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018
PrimrosePrimula2018
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2018
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2018
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2018
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2018
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018
YewTaxus baccata2018
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2017
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017
DockRumex2017
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2017
HazelCorylus2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2017
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2017
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2017
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2017
CleaversGalium aparine2017
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2017
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2017
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
BroomCytisus scoparius2017
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2017
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Stack · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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