The Bushes - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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Places › England › Eastern › Basildon Getting here
51.58702, 0.56694
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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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 452m away — 2 car parks within reach 🌤️ 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 🅿️ Parking 452m away — 2 car parks within reach £ 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
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 2 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
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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
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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 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
21,681 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,681 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Blackbird Turdus merula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coot Fulica atra Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rock Dove Columba livia Whitethroat Curruca communis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Skylark Alauda arvensis Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 38 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Tortoise Bug +33
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 Tortoise Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,681 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Blackbird Turdus merula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coot Fulica atra Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rock Dove Columba livia Whitethroat Curruca communis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Skylark Alauda arvensis Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 38 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Tortoise Bug +33
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 Tortoise Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus2025
Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus2025
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi2025
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Tachycixius pilosus Tachycixius pilosus2025
Tachycixius pilosus Tachycixius pilosus2025
Agriotes lineatus Agriotes lineatus2025
Agriotes lineatus Agriotes lineatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Small Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius roboretanus2025
Small Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius roboretanus2025
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2025
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2025
Picture-winged Fly Dorycera graminum2025
Picture-winged Fly Dorycera graminum2025
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2025
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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