Muckinghall Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.56195, 0.73810
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Roach Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Southend RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Shopland Hall Roadpublic footpath · 234 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 234 mPath type: service
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Prittle Brook CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53Local cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route42 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
6,057 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,057 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Firebug · Hornet Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax +10
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,057 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Firebug · Hornet Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax +10
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023