Broadleaved woodland near Canewdon
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.61616, 0.75066
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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
- 🌿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 welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to MaldonWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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
Beagle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Photos
Wasp beetle clytus arietis in Finches Nature Reserve Canewdon
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
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- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
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- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
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- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
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- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
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- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
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- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
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- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis
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- Pale FlaxLinum bienne
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- CowslipPrimula veris
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