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Tendring Grove

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

7 activities

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 — Barn Owl, Turtle Dove, Lapwing +95 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Turtle Dove, Lapwing +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Pedunculate Oak +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Perennial Rye-grass +199 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Volucella pellucens, Speckled Wood, Fisher's Estuarine Moth +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Volucella pellucens, Speckled Wood, Fisher's Estuarine Moth +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2025

Turtle Dove · Barn Owl · Lapwing · Goldfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker +62

Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JayGarrulus glandarius
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
RavenCorvus corax2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Polecat-Ferret · Badger · Bank Vole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +1

Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius
BadgerMeles meles2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens · Dark Bush-cricket · Common Cockchafer · Violet Ground Beetle +8

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2025

Turtle Dove · Barn Owl · Lapwing · Goldfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker +62

Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JayGarrulus glandarius
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
RavenCorvus corax2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Polecat-Ferret · Badger · Bank Vole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +1

Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius
BadgerMeles meles2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens · Dark Bush-cricket · Common Cockchafer · Violet Ground Beetle +8

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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