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Moated site immediately east of Absolpark

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Chrysotoxum bicinctum, Box Tree Moth, Graphopsocus cruciatus +42 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Chrysotoxum bicinctum, Box Tree Moth, Graphopsocus cruciatus +42 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2019; Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2019

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route66 m

Named routeRef 16Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route18 m

Named routeRef 16Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 16Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route4.5 km

Named routeRef 50Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,010 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,010 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Rook +74

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CootFulica atra
SwiftApus apus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
RavenCorvus corax2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Turdus iliacus coburniTurdus iliacus coburni2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2022
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2022
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Badger +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
MoleTalpa europaea2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
BadgerMeles meles2020
Indet. DeerCervidae2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects45 species

summer

2024

Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Box Tree Moth · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug +40

Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum
Iris Flea BeetleAphthona nonstriata
Empis lividaEmpis livida
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
PipizellaPipizella
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2020
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
HornetVespa crabro2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2019
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2019
Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2019

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2019

Himalayan Balsam

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,010 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Rook +74

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CootFulica atra
SwiftApus apus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
RavenCorvus corax2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Turdus iliacus coburniTurdus iliacus coburni2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2022
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2022
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Badger +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
MoleTalpa europaea2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
BadgerMeles meles2020
Indet. DeerCervidae2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects45 species

summer

2024

Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Box Tree Moth · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug +40

Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum
Iris Flea BeetleAphthona nonstriata
Empis lividaEmpis livida
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
PipizellaPipizella
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2020
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
HornetVespa crabro2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2019
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2019
Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2019

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2019

Himalayan Balsam

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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