Lyonshall Spring - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.81346, 0.51736
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
- 📍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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 13 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
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
(50)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route between NCN 16 and Regional Route 50
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Essex Way passes through a Field beside the River Ter
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Wildlife to spot
8,440 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,440 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker +47
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Polecat-Ferret · Hedgehog · Pine Marten
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Pine MartenMartes martes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Chrysolina oricalcia · Ant Beetle · Nimbus contaminatus +7
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia
- Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius
- Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,440 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker +47
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Polecat-Ferret · Hedgehog · Pine Marten
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Pine MartenMartes martes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Chrysolina oricalcia · Ant Beetle · Nimbus contaminatus +7
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia
- Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius
- Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Events & activities nearby
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