Beckney Wood - Broadleaved woodland
14 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.60194, 0.68400
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Rochford Hundred Rugby Club 94m 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
- 🅿️Rochford Hundred Rugby Club 94m 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 16 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
Rear of Albert Road footpath (unclassified)public footpath · 436 m▾
Dirt foothpath, usually overgrown during the summer and muddy during winter.
Public pathpublic footpathLength 436 mSurface groundPath type: footway
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
19 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
Magnolia Roadbyway open to all traffic · 528 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 528 mSurface dirtPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
11,320 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,320 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Woodpigeon +33
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DotterelEudromias morinellus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Seal · Grey Squirrel · Weasel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Calathus rotundicollis · Cream-spot Tiger +13
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis
- Cream-spot TigerArctia villica
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,320 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Woodpigeon +33
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DotterelEudromias morinellus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Seal · Grey Squirrel · Weasel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Calathus rotundicollis · Cream-spot Tiger +13
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis
- Cream-spot TigerArctia villica
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Eriosoma lanuginosumEriosoma lanuginosum2025Eriosoma lanuginosumEriosoma lanuginosum2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Events & activities nearby
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