North Benfleet Hall Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Basildon Getting here
51.57582, 0.53631
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Accessible Route, Rayleigh Mount Walking route 600 m ▾
Gravel path with inclines around Rayleigh Mount.
AccessAble: https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/access-guides/rayleigh-mount-the-mount-national-trust
Named route Length 600 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
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Thames Estuary Path Walking route 46.6 km ▾
Named route Length 46.6 km National walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 16 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 934 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 934 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 742 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 742 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 1.6 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 41 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 41 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
5,409 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,409 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stock Dove Columba oenas Skylark Alauda arvensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Swallow Hirundo rustica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 5 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris frogs and toads Anura2025 Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2025 🐝 Insects 29 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Jet Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Large White · Peacock · 7-spot Ladybird +24
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Large White Pieris brassicae2025 Peacock Aglais io2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,409 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stock Dove Columba oenas Skylark Alauda arvensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Swallow Hirundo rustica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 5 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris frogs and toads Anura2025 Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2025 🐝 Insects 29 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Jet Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Large White · Peacock · 7-spot Ladybird +24
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Large White Pieris brassicae2025 Peacock Aglais io2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax2025
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus2025
Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Green-veined White Pieris napi2025
Green-veined White Pieris napi2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea serena2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea serena2025
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2025
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus2025
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus2025
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus2025
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Necrobia violacea Necrobia violacea2025
Necrobia violacea Necrobia violacea2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 