The Bushes - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.59121, 0.56475
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 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 · 6 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 ▾
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 Beke Hall Chase South public footpath · 248 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 248 m Path type: service
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Show on map Photos Rail Bridge over the A1245
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Wildlife to spot
21,849 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,849 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +32
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 35 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper · Tortoise Bug +30
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 Tortoise Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,849 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +32
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 35 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper · Tortoise Bug +30
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 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
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
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 