Elm Springs - Broadleaved woodland
17 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.80444, 0.66150
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 16
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Great Braxted FP 1public footpath · 616 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 616 mPath type: footway
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Weir on River Blackwater, Little Braxted
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Wildlife to spot
6,692 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Red Admiral · Hornet · Peacock · Small White · Meadow Brown +13
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- HornetVespa crabro
- PeacockAglais io
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Red Admiral · Hornet · Peacock · Small White · Meadow Brown +13
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- HornetVespa crabro
- PeacockAglais io
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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