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Places › England › Eastern › Southend-on-Sea Getting here
51.53432, 0.71690
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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 ☕ Crème Crazy — 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 ☕ Crème Crazy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ 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, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Carrion Crow +67 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, Red Admiral, Peacock +28 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Firebug, Red Admiral, Peacock +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 16
Varies
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 26 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 National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,445 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Turnstone · Starling · Magpie +37
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Turnstone Arenaria interpres Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coot Fulica atra Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Brent Goose Branta bernicla Mute Swan Cygnus olor Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 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 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Hedgehog +2
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Ophion obscuratus · Harlequin Ladybird
Ophion obscuratus Ophion obscuratus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,445 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Turnstone · Starling · Magpie +37
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Turnstone Arenaria interpres Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coot Fulica atra Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Brent Goose Branta bernicla Mute Swan Cygnus olor Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 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 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Hedgehog +2
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Ophion obscuratus · Harlequin Ladybird
Ophion obscuratus Ophion obscuratus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 