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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Black-tailed Godwit +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Green Shieldbug, Batman Hoverfly +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup · last seen 2026; Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup · last seen 2026

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

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

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 179Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 13Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route794 m

Named routeRef 13Length 794 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

37,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

37,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Woodpigeon +72

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
BitternBotaurus stellaris
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RavenCorvus corax
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2026

Scarlet Elfcup

Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

37,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Woodpigeon +72

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
BitternBotaurus stellaris
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RavenCorvus corax
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2026

Scarlet Elfcup

Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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