🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.61782, 0.73848
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Anchor Inn 362m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Anchor Inn 362m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Skylark +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Skylark +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Roach Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Photos

Table Tomb in St Nicholas's Church graveyard
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,497 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,497 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mallard · Carrion Crow · Green Woodpecker · Moorhen · Goldfinch +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Common Pipistrelle · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Eurasian Serotine · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hedgehog
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Glow-worm · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,497 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mallard · Carrion Crow · Green Woodpecker · Moorhen · Goldfinch +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Common Pipistrelle · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Eurasian Serotine · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hedgehog
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Glow-worm · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erinaceus europaeus2020
Erinaceus europaeus2020
Coreus marginatus2024
Coreus marginatus2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2021Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2021Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2021Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2021