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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.60645, 0.56135
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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 ⚽ Playing fields 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
Playing field
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Accessible Route, Rayleigh Mount Walking route 600 m ▾
Gravel path with inclines around Rayleigh Mount.
AccessAble: https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/access-guides/rayleigh-mount-the-mount-national-trust
Named route Length 600 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 1.6 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 41 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 41 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface concrete
Show on map 10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Doublegate Lane bridleway · 335 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 335 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
Show on map Doublegate Lane bridleway · 330 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 330 m Surface concrete Path type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
3,144 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,144 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Long-tailed Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 20 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket +15
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,144 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Long-tailed Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 20 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket +15
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2025
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025 