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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.68689, 0.10286
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +49 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +49 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Aphrophora alni, White Clover Seed Weevil +114 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beech TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stort Valley WayWalking route▾
The Plainpublic footpath · 140 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 140 mPath type: residential
The Woodyardpublic footpath · 135 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 135 mPath type: service
Thornwoodpublic footpath · 74 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 74 mSurface dirtPath type: service
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Footpath bridge over M25 south of Epping
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Wildlife to spot
20,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,540 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Otter · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Agrilus cuprescens · Nemopoda nitidula · Large Red Damselfly +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens
- Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Elm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,540 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Otter · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Agrilus cuprescens · Nemopoda nitidula · Large Red Damselfly +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens
- Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Elm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas