Primrose Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.58022, 0.66553
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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 welcomeDogs 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: Roach Valley Walk
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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
Show on map Blue Walk Walking route ▾
Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local 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 Roach Valley Way public footpath · 3 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 3 m Surface unpaved Path type: footway
Show on map Ark Lane public footpath · 568 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 568 m Path type: service
Show on map Roach Valley Way public footpath · 5 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 5 m Surface concrete Path type: footway
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Prittle Brook Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 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 Route 53 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 53 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
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8,447 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,447 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Great Tit +27
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta +37
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,447 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Great Tit +27
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta +37
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica
Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus rufomarginatus
Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus rufomarginatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2025
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2025
Small White Pieris rapae2025
Small White Pieris rapae2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2025
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
Bibio leucopterus Bibio leucopterus2025
Bibio leucopterus Bibio leucopterus2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2025
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus2025
Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus2025
Platyderus depressus Platyderus depressus2024
Platyderus depressus Platyderus depressus2024
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024 