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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.80443, 0.67061
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Great Braxted FP 1public footpath · 616 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 616 mPath type: footway
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route352 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 352 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Farm road, Little Braxted
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Wildlife to spot
5,317 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,317 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Rabbit · Muntjac · Mole · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Red Admiral · Peacock · Meadow Brown +3
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- PeacockAglais io
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,317 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Rabbit · Muntjac · Mole · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Red Admiral · Peacock · Meadow Brown +3
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- PeacockAglais io
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black Clock
Black Clock
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus madidus
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes