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Places › England › Eastern › Basildon Getting here
51.57459, 0.48088
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 270m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 270m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Lily Beetle +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Lily Beetle +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Thames Estuary Path Walking route 46.6 km ▾
Named route Length 46.6 km National walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 13 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 123 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 123 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 181 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 181 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 934 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 934 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 29 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 29 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,209 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,209 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Avocet · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus2023 Redshank Tringa totanus2023 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2023 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Large White +18
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2024 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2024 Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2024 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2024 Large White Pieris brassicae Southern Green Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,209 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Avocet · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus2023 Redshank Tringa totanus2023 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2023 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Large White +18
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2024 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2024 Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2024 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2024 Large White Pieris brassicae Southern Green Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nezara viridula
Nezara viridula
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2024
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2024
Bumblebee Bombus2024
Bumblebee Bombus2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis
St Marks Fly Bibio marci
St Marks Fly Bibio marci
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Heath Bumblebee Bombus jonellus2024
Heath Bumblebee Bombus jonellus2024
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2024
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2024
Prasocuris glabra Prasocuris glabra2023
Prasocuris glabra Prasocuris glabra2023
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2023
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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