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Ringwork and bailey known as Bishop Bonner’s Palace, Orsett

2 ha

BirdsWildlifeHeritage

Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.51538, 0.36389

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue 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

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Darter +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Darter +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route

Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 137Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 137Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route191 m

Named routeRef 13Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route89 m

Named routeLength 89 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,273 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,273 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock +75

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Western Conifer Seed Bug · Black-tailed Skimmer · Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle

Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,273 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock +75

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Western Conifer Seed Bug · Black-tailed Skimmer · Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle

Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Kemp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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