Muckinghall Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.56833, 0.74229
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
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
Named hiking route nearby: Southend Ring
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 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
24 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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos

Drainage channel beside footpath east of Butler's Farm
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,133 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,133 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Curlew · Shelduck · Teal +35
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- KnotCalidris canutus2024
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Hornet Hoverfly · Firebug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Jersey Tiger +14
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,133 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Curlew · Shelduck · Teal +35
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- KnotCalidris canutus2024
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Hornet Hoverfly · Firebug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Jersey Tiger +14
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
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 scripta2025Gatekeeper or Hedge BrownPyronia tithonus tithonus2025Gatekeeper or Hedge BrownPyronia tithonus tithonus2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2025Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023