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St Peter's Church

📷 Roger Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 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
🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Oxeye Daisy, Pale Flax, Yellow-rattle +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Oxeye Daisy, Pale Flax, Yellow-rattle +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Wall, Common Blue, Marbled White +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Wall, Common Blue, Marbled White +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Roach Valley Walk

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Burnham-on-Crouch to MaldonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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

Beagle TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

6,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Pheasant +60

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Pheasant +60

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Roger Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Peter's Church, from the north

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