Hockley Woods - Grassland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.59861, 0.64212
Open directionsv 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 🌿 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Accessible Route, Rayleigh Mount Walking route 600 m ▾
Gravel path with inclines around Rayleigh Mount.
AccessAble: https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/access-guides/rayleigh-mount-the-mount-national-trust
Named route Length 600 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Folly Chase public footpath · 258 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 258 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Bull Lane public footpath · 83 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 83 m Surface gravel Path type: residential
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17,885 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,885 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +24
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger · Mole · Red Fox +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Badger Meles meles Mole Talpa europaea2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐝 Insects 49 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Sphaerophoria scripta +44
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,885 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +24
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger · Mole · Red Fox +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Badger Meles meles Mole Talpa europaea2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐝 Insects 49 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Sphaerophoria scripta +44
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntjac
Muntjac
Muntiacus reevesi2025
Muntiacus reevesi2025
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2025
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2025
Stomis pumicatus Stomis pumicatus
Stomis pumicatus Stomis pumicatus
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus rufomarginatus
Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus rufomarginatus
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Cow Wheat Shieldbug Adomerus biguttatus2025
Cow Wheat Shieldbug Adomerus biguttatus2025
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2025
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Elm-currant Aphid Eriosoma ulmi2025
Elm-currant Aphid Eriosoma ulmi2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus2025
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red Wood Ant Formica rufa2025
Red Wood Ant Formica rufa2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
Bibio leucopterus Bibio leucopterus2025
Bibio leucopterus Bibio leucopterus2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2025
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2025
Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus2025
Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Eristalinus aeneus Eristalinus aeneus2025
Eristalinus aeneus Eristalinus aeneus2025 