Mill Road Recreation Ground
1 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.91214, 0.89502
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Muntjac, Red Fox +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Colchester Orbital West BWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital West AWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (North)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (West)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (South)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Braiswick Lanepublic footpath · 259 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 259 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Braiswick Lanepublic footpath · 133 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 133 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Braiswick Lanepublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Greenstead to North StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Colchester Orbital CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (South-East)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (North East)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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14,755 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Magpie +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Feral Cat +3
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Brown Hawker +21
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Magpie +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Feral Cat +3
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Brown Hawker +21
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2025
Meles meles2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025Pine MartenMartes martes2025Pine MartenMartes martes20252025
2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Variable CockroachPlanuncus tingitanus2025Variable CockroachPlanuncus tingitanus2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025