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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
51.79421, 0.64045
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Mill Lane Car Park 141m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Mill Lane Car Park 141m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Common Carder Bee +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN Link Path
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blackwater Lanepublic footpath · 188 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 188 mSurface concretePath type: service
Lockram Lanepublic footpath · 123 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mPath type: footway
Blackwater Lanepublic footpath · 59 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 59 mSurface concretePath type: service
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
18,440 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,440 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Carrion Crow · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Firebug · Jersey Tiger · Speckled Bush-cricket · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Volucella inanis +6
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,440 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Carrion Crow · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Firebug · Jersey Tiger · Speckled Bush-cricket · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Volucella inanis +6
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus