Shotgate Thickets - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🐶 Dogs🌿 Foraging🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.60001, 0.55659
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 4 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 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 4 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 934 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 934 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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 11 public paths nearby
Public paths
Doublegate Lane bridleway · 50 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 50 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 116 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 116 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 16 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 16 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 330 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 330 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 325 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 325 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
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2,488 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,488 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 17 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · Meadow Grasshopper +12
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,488 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 17 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · Meadow Grasshopper +12
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis 