Blounts Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.60276, 0.61349
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 324m away — 4 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 324m away — 4 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 3 signed routes nearby · 5 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 Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
12,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,527 records · National Biodiversity Network Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Spoonbill · Pochard +5
Wigeon Mareca penelope Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia2025 Pochard Aythya ferina Pintail Anas acuta Ruff Calidris pugnax2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Black Clock · 7-spot Ladybird · Calathus rotundicollis · Nebria brevicollis · Eristalis tenax +2
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Syrphus Syrphus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,527 records · National Biodiversity Network Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Spoonbill · Pochard +5
Wigeon Mareca penelope Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia2025 Pochard Aythya ferina Pintail Anas acuta Ruff Calidris pugnax2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Black Clock · 7-spot Ladybird · Calathus rotundicollis · Nebria brevicollis · Eristalis tenax +2
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Syrphus Syrphus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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