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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Eastern › Maldon Getting here
51.66150, 0.83068
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 143m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 143m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Box Tree Moth, 22-spot Ladybird +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Box Tree Moth, 22-spot Ladybird +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to Maldon Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National 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 St Peter's Way Walking route 66 km ▾
Named route Length 66 km Regional walking route
Show on map Photos Essex: St. Leonard's Church, Southminster
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Wildlife to spot
2,634 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,634 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Starling Sturnus vulgaris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Swift Apus apus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Herring Gull Larus argentatus Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2021 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2021 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2021 Rock Dove Columba livia Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Common Gull Larus canus2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2021 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2021 Coot Fulica atra2021 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2021 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2021 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2021 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · 22-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2023 Narrow Buckler-fern · Water Figwort
Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,634 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Starling Sturnus vulgaris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Swift Apus apus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Herring Gull Larus argentatus Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2021 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2021 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2021 Rock Dove Columba livia Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Common Gull Larus canus2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2021 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2021 Coot Fulica atra2021 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2021 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2021 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2021 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · 22-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2023 Narrow Buckler-fern · Water Figwort
Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysolina oricalcia
Chrysolina oricalcia
Chrysolina oricalcia2023
Chrysolina oricalcia2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2022
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2022
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2021
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2021
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2021
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2021
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2021
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2021 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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