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Shrubbery Garden

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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
☕Sands by the Sea — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Sands by the Sea — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

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6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Firebug, Red Admiral, Peacock +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Firebug, Red Admiral, Peacock +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Roach Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Southend RingWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53Local cycle route

Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57Local cycle route

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Prittle Brook CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

8,710 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,710 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie +61

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Hedgehog +5

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2025

Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm

Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects30 species

summer

2025

Firebug · Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Green Shieldbug +25

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
PeacockAglais io
Small WhitePieris rapae
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
CommaPolygonia c-album
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Ophion obscuratusOphion obscuratus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
SyrphusSyrphus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
HoverflySyrphidae
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
ParhelophilusParhelophilus2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,710 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie +61

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Hedgehog +5

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2025

Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm

Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects30 species

summer

2025

Firebug · Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Green Shieldbug +25

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
PeacockAglais io
Small WhitePieris rapae
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
CommaPolygonia c-album
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Ophion obscuratusOphion obscuratus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
SyrphusSyrphus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
HoverflySyrphidae
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
ParhelophilusParhelophilus2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024

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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