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Places › England › Eastern › Basildon Getting here
51.56387, 0.46252
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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 124m 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 124m 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 — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +175 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +175 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Cinquefoil, Common Knapweed, Yellow-rattle +29 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Creeping Cinquefoil, Common Knapweed, Yellow-rattle +29 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 2 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 49 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
Show on map Photos Bend in Kingswood Road, Basildon
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Wildlife to spot
10,816 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,816 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Green Woodpecker · Magpie · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +39
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Ruddy Darter · Glow-worm · Southern Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +19
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2024 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Darter Deptford Pink · Creeping Cinquefoil · Yarrow · Common Sorrel · Common Knapweed +15
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2024 Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024 Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2024 Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra2024 Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,816 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Green Woodpecker · Magpie · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +39
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Ruddy Darter · Glow-worm · Southern Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +19
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2024 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Darter Deptford Pink · Creeping Cinquefoil · Yarrow · Common Sorrel · Common Knapweed +15
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2024 Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024 Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2024 Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra2024 Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Badger Meles meles2025
Badger Meles meles2025 Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2024
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2024
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2024
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens
Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
Hollyhock Weevil Rhopalapion longirostre
Hollyhock Weevil Rhopalapion longirostre
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024 2024
2024
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2024
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2024
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2024
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2024
Oak Quercus2024
Oak Quercus2024
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2024
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2024
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2024
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2024
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2024
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2024
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2024
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2024
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2024
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2024
White Clover Trifolium repens2024
White Clover Trifolium repens2024
Goat Willow Salix caprea2024
Goat Willow Salix caprea2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2024
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2024
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2024
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2024
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2024
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2024
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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