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Crop mark complex, Orsett

38 ha

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome38 ha

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51.50525, 0.34359

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Western Conifer Seed Bug · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Western Conifer Seed Bug · last seen 2025

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: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route

Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route415 m

Named routeRef 137Length 415 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 137Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route34 m

Named routeRef 137Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 137Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

20,532 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,532 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit +39

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,532 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit +39

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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