Wood Spring - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.82068, 0.45971
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Great Waltham Footpath 34public footpath · 721 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 721 mPath type: footway
Great Waltham Footpath 35public footpath · 194 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 194 mPath type: footway
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Notley Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cut Throat Lanebyway open to all traffic · 949 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 949 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Causewaybridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmPath type: track
Cut Throat Lanebyway open to all traffic · 451 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 451 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
2,232 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,232 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Blackcap · Song Thrush · Great Tit · Robin +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Muntjac
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta · Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus +13
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
- Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025
- Sphaerophoria
Common Centaury · Wild Teasel · Common Broomrape
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,232 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Blackcap · Song Thrush · Great Tit · Robin +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Muntjac
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta · Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus +13
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
- Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025
- Sphaerophoria
Common Centaury · Wild Teasel · Common Broomrape
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025MuscidaeMuscidae2025MuscidaeMuscidae2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2024Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Events & activities nearby
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