Martello tower D, 450m SSW of the Club House, Clacton Golf Course
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.77730, 1.13189
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025; Coastal cliffs — seabirds and cliff-nesting species
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025; Maritime cliff and slope priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small White +100 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Shepherd's-purse, Groundsel +72 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 150Cycling route▾
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Named routeRef 150Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 150Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 150Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
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Clacton-on-Sea: Martello Tower D
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Wildlife to spot
1,356 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Starling +37
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- SanderlingCalidris alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Indet. Snake
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Tree Moth +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Sphaerophoria
Japanese Knotweed · Pineappleweed · Shepherd's-purse · Groundsel · Greater Plantain +16
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2021
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2021
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2021
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Starling +37
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- SanderlingCalidris alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Indet. Snake
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Tree Moth +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Sphaerophoria
Japanese Knotweed · Pineappleweed · Shepherd's-purse · Groundsel · Greater Plantain +16
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2021
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2021
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2021
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataBlack-horned GemMicrochrysa politaBlack-horned GemMicrochrysa politaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2023Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus20212021
2021
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Common MallowMalva sylvestris2021Common MallowMalva sylvestris2021Curled DockRumex crispus2021Curled DockRumex crispus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2021Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2021Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2021BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2021BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2021Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2021Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2021Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2021