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Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
⛳Golf 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

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
⛳Golf 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

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Common Carder Bee +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Common Carder Bee +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

John Ray WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Admiral McHardy WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Maldon to SalcottWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ishams Chasepublic footpath · 439 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 439 mPath type: service

Blackwater Rail Trailpublic footpath · 88 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mSurface dirtPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

92 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

NCN Link PathCycling route

Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional 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

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Blackwater Rail Trailbridleway · 458 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 458 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Blackwater Rail Trailbridleway · 1.3 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

16,716 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,716 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

spring

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Buzzard +69

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BuzzardButeo buteo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GadwallMareca strepera
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Common GullLarus canus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common TernSterna hirundo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus
SwiftApus apus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspring

2025

Muntjac · Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

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Fish1 species

spring

2025

Minnow

MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2025

Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee +32

BumblebeeBombus2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Clouded YellowColias croceus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus
Brown ArgusAricia agestis
Small WhitePieris rapae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
CommaPolygonia c-album
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
PeacockAglais io
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,716 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

spring

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Buzzard +69

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BuzzardButeo buteo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CuckooCuculus canorus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GadwallMareca strepera
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Common GullLarus canus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common TernSterna hirundo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus
SwiftApus apus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspring

2025

Muntjac · Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐟

Fish1 species

spring

2025

Minnow

MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2025

Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee +32

BumblebeeBombus2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Clouded YellowColias croceus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus
Brown ArgusAricia agestis
Small WhitePieris rapae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
CommaPolygonia c-album
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
PeacockAglais io
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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