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Castle's Gorse

1 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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51.53009, 0.35636

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Long-tailed Tit, Robin +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Long-tailed Tit, Robin +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Scarce Chaser, Fiery Clearwing · last seen 2025; Insects — Scarce Chaser, Fiery Clearwing · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route

Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 137Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 137Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route89 m

Named routeLength 89 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route18 m

Named routeLength 18 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks

N/ACycling route118 m

Named routeLength 118 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,000 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,000 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit +86

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BuzzardButeo buteo
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JayGarrulus glandarius
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025

🦎

Reptiles3 species

spring

2025

Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Scarce Chaser · Fiery Clearwing

Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Fiery ClearwingPyropteron chrysidiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,000 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit +86

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BuzzardButeo buteo
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JayGarrulus glandarius
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025

🦎

Reptiles3 species

spring

2025

Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Scarce Chaser · Fiery Clearwing

Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Fiery ClearwingPyropteron chrysidiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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