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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.78481, 0.34372
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hazel, Ash, Primrose +64 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Hazel, Ash, Primrose +64 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hazel, Common Nettle, Blackthorn +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route4.5 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,221 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,221 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Blackbird +10
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- SwanCygnus2019
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2019▾
Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pycnomerus fuliginosus · Common Cockchafer · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Brimstone
- Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2020
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
🌿Plants58 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Hazel · Ash · Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Traveller's-joy +53
- HazelCorylus2019
- AshFraxinus excelsior2019
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2019
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2019
- Hawthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,221 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Blackbird +10
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- SwanCygnus2019
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2019▾
Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pycnomerus fuliginosus · Common Cockchafer · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Brimstone
- Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2020
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
🌿Plants58 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Hazel · Ash · Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Traveller's-joy +53
- HazelCorylus2019
- AshFraxinus excelsior2019
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2019
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2019
- Hawthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crataegus monogyna2019
Crataegus monogyna2019
PrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisPendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019ElderSambucus nigra2019ElderSambucus nigra2019HornbeamCarpinus betulus2018HornbeamCarpinus betulus2018White Dead-nettleLamium album2019White Dead-nettleLamium album2019Common ReedPhragmites australis2019Common ReedPhragmites australis2019WillowSalix2019WillowSalix2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019DockRumex2018DockRumex2018Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019Greater PlantainPlantago major2019Greater PlantainPlantago major2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019WillowherbEpilobium2019WillowherbEpilobium2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2019Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2019Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019YewTaxus baccata2019YewTaxus baccata2019DaisyBellis perennis2019DaisyBellis perennis2019Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2019Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2019Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2019Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2019Hoary PlantainPlantago media2019Hoary PlantainPlantago media2019St. John's-WortHypericum2019St. John's-WortHypericum2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2019LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2019KnapweedCentaurea2019KnapweedCentaurea2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019White WillowSalix alba2019White WillowSalix alba2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019ElmUlmus2018ElmUlmus2018Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2018Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2018BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018Lesser BurdockArctium minus2018Lesser BurdockArctium minus2018IvyHedera helix2018IvyHedera helix2018BrambleRubus2018BrambleRubus2018HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2018HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2018Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018Dog-roseRosa canina2017Dog-roseRosa canina2017Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2017Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2017