WEALD COMMON FLOOD MEADOW
2 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.71511, 0.17018
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Netteswell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Stort Valley WayWalking route▾
Station Roadpublic footpath · 13 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mPath type: service
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route530 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route849 m▾
Named routeLength 849 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route682 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 682 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
20,352 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,352 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds55 species
springautumn
2026Blackcap · Skylark · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025Muntjac · Stoat
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Frog
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Syrphus · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
+23 more speciesHide species list
All 28 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,352 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds55 species
springautumn
2026Blackcap · Skylark · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025Muntjac · Stoat
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Frog
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Syrphus · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
+23 more speciesHide species list
All 28 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dock Bug
Dock Bug
Coreus marginatus2025
Coreus marginatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Agrilus sulcicollisAgrilus sulcicollis2025Agrilus sulcicollisAgrilus sulcicollis2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Back-SwimmerNotonecta2025Back-SwimmerNotonecta2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025CantharisCantharis2025CantharisCantharis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025