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📷 Wikipedia · Maple Park, Illinois · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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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
🐕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

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

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 — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Green Shieldbug, Willow Emerald Damselfly +16 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Green Shieldbug, Willow Emerald Damselfly +16 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup · last seen 2026; Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup · last seen 2026

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

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

26 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

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 route1 km

Named routeRef 13Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route315 m

Named routeLength 315 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

20,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +59

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2026

Scarlet Elfcup

Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,844 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +59

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2026

Scarlet Elfcup

Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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