Broadleaved woodland near Ghyllgrove
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.58196, 0.46389
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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 welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km▾
Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Waterfront Walkpublic footpath · 390 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 390 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route123 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route181 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route934 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,900 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,900 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Robin · Blue Tit +35
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · House Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- House MouseMus musculus2025
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Clouded Yellow +6
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
- Clouded YellowColias croceus2025
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,900 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Robin · Blue Tit +35
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · House Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- House MouseMus musculus2025
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Clouded Yellow +6
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
- Clouded YellowColias croceus2025
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Events & activities nearby
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