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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.66209, 0.81779
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Collared Dove and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 347m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Collared Dove and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 347m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Collared Dove, Robin, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Collared Dove, Robin, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Meadow Brown, Chinese Character +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Blackthorn, Bramble, Ash +25 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to MaldonWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Falcon Roadbridleway · 139 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 139 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
2,473 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,473 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Jackdaw · Starling +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2021
- CootFulica atra2021
- Common TernSterna hirundo2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · 22-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
Narrow Buckler-fern · Water Figwort
- Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,473 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Jackdaw · Starling +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2021
- CootFulica atra2021
- Common TernSterna hirundo2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · 22-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
Narrow Buckler-fern · Water Figwort
- Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysolina oricalcia
Chrysolina oricalcia
Chrysolina oricalcia2023
Chrysolina oricalcia2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021