Southchurch Park Congregational Church
Plan your visit
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Eastern › Southend-on-Sea Getting here
51.53306, 0.73243
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ The Barking Crew Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ The Barking Crew Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 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, Starling +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Starling +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 16
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 53 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Prittle Brook Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 42 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 42 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
9,292 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,292 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Starling · Collared Dove · Turnstone · Rock Dove +37
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Turnstone Arenaria interpres Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica2025 Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Brent Goose Branta bernicla Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Firebug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Ophion obscuratus · Jersey Tiger +12
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Ophion obscuratus Ophion obscuratus Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria 22-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,292 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Starling · Collared Dove · Turnstone · Rock Dove +37
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Turnstone Arenaria interpres Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica2025 Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Brent Goose Branta bernicla Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Firebug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Ophion obscuratus · Jersey Tiger +12
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Ophion obscuratus Ophion obscuratus Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria 22-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hoverfly Syrphidae
Hoverfly Syrphidae
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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