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Mud Berth for CGWV No 7 (formerly HMS Beagle)

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📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha

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
✦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

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

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Shelduck, Lapwing, Kestrel +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Shelduck, Lapwing, Kestrel +84 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Wall, Common Blue, Marbled White +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Strong match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island; Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Roach Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Southend RingWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Beagle TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Waterside Roadpublic footpath · 415 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 415 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

2,805 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,805 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Shelduck · Lapwing · Canada Goose · Kestrel · Grey Heron +47

ShelduckTadorna tadorna
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
TealAnas crecca
Barn OwlTyto alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare · Stoat

Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea2025

🐝

Insects11 species

summerautumn

2025

Wall · Common Blue · Marbled White · Small Copper · Red-legged Shieldbug +6

WallLasiommata megera
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,805 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Shelduck · Lapwing · Canada Goose · Kestrel · Grey Heron +47

ShelduckTadorna tadorna
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
TealAnas crecca
Barn OwlTyto alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare · Stoat

Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea2025

🐝

Insects11 species

summerautumn

2025

Wall · Common Blue · Marbled White · Small Copper · Red-legged Shieldbug +6

WallLasiommata megera
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus

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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