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Plumberow Mount

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦112+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
✦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

🐦112+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Magpie +109 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Magpie +109 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +15 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +15 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Accessible Route, Rayleigh MountWalking route600 m

Gravel path with inclines around Rayleigh Mount. AccessAble: https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/access-guides/rayleigh-mount-the-mount-national-trust

Named routeLength 600 mDuration 00:30Round tripLocal 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

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Beckney Avenuebridleway · 278 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 278 mPath type: track

Wood Avenuebridleway · 129 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 129 mSurface compactedPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

22,912 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,912 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Starling · Black-headed Gull · Little Egret +71

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Calathus rotundicollis

Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,912 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Starling · Black-headed Gull · Little Egret +71

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Calathus rotundicollis

Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Myers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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