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Broomfield Court

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📷 Robert Edwards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Pudding Wood Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Pudding Wood Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· Paid

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Thistle, Common Nettle, Broad-leaved Dock +20 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Thistle, Common Nettle, Broad-leaved Dock +20 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Meadow Brown, Brimstone +28 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Meadow Brown, Brimstone +28 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Yellow Brain · last seen 2025; Fungi — Yellow Brain · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Admiral McHardy WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Saffron TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Broomfield Cyclewaypublic footpath · 66 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

🚴

Cycling

54 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route420 m

Named routeRef 1Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,511 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,511 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +54

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CootFulica atra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SiskinSpinus spinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Jersey Tiger · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Peacock · Syrphus

Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
PeacockAglais io2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,511 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +54

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CootFulica atra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SiskinSpinus spinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Jersey Tiger · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Peacock · Syrphus

Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
PeacockAglais io2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robert Edwards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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