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Mark Grove

12 ha

📷 Hywel Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha

Getting here

51.71231, 0.89001

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Shoveler +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Shoveler +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Speckled Wood · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Maldon to SalcottWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

St Peter's WayWalking route66 km

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to MaldonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Mark Roadpublic footpath · 227 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 227 mPath type: service

Mark Roadpublic footpath · 30 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

12,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Mediterranean Gull · Pintail +33

WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
PochardAythya ferina
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare · Grey Seal

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Mediterranean Gull · Pintail +33

WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
PochardAythya ferina
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare · Grey Seal

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hywel Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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