Potash Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.59792, 0.68109
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️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
- 🅿️Rochford Hundred Rugby Club 334m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Rochford Hundred Rugby Club 334m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs 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 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Roach Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Southend RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Lincoln Roadpublic footpath · 486 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 486 mSurface dirtPath type: service
Windsor Gardenspublic footpath · 80 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 80 mPath type: service
Rectory Road to Ironwell Lane PROW 285public footpath · 1.5 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.5 kmPath type: footway
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Windsor Gardensbridleway · 108 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 108 mPath type: service
Windsor Gardensbridleway · 63 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 63 mPath type: service
Magnolia Roadbyway open to all traffic · 731 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 731 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
40bridleway · 134 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 134 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Victor Gardensbridleway · 238 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 238 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
11,398 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,398 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Pochard +32
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DotterelEudromias morinellus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal · Weasel · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Cream-spot Tiger · Sphaerophoria +14
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Cream-spot TigerArctia villica
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,398 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Pochard +32
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DotterelEudromias morinellus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal · Weasel · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Cream-spot Tiger · Sphaerophoria +14
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Cream-spot TigerArctia villica
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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