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
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▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 · 7 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 Thames Estuary Path Walking route 46.6 km ▾
Named route Length 46.6 km National walking route
Show on map 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 St Johns Drive public footpath · 699 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 699 m Path type: service
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 public paths nearby
Public paths
Doublegate Lane bridleway · 330 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 330 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 60 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 60 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 335 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 335 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
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21,089 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,089 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Robin Erithacus rubecula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swallow Hirundo rustica Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stock Dove Columba oenas Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia Whitethroat Curruca communis Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coot Fulica atra Dunnock Prunella modularis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Common Gull Larus canus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 32 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Tortoise Bug · 7-spot Ladybird +27
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,089 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Robin Erithacus rubecula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swallow Hirundo rustica Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stock Dove Columba oenas Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia Whitethroat Curruca communis Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coot Fulica atra Dunnock Prunella modularis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Common Gull Larus canus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 32 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Tortoise Bug · 7-spot Ladybird +27
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Philaenus spumarius
Philaenus spumarius
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Tachycixius pilosus Tachycixius pilosus
Tachycixius pilosus Tachycixius pilosus
Agriotes lineatus Agriotes lineatus
Agriotes lineatus Agriotes lineatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Small Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius roboretanus
Small Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius roboretanus
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus
Picture-winged Fly Dorycera graminum
Picture-winged Fly Dorycera graminum
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus 