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Larch Plantation

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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
🅿️Parking 353m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 353m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 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

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 13Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route794 m

Named routeRef 13Length 794 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route191 m

Named routeRef 13Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +44

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects23 species

summer

2025

Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Peacock +18

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
WallLasiommata megera2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +44

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects23 species

summer

2025

Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Peacock +18

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
WallLasiommata megera2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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