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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 461 ha
Getting here
51.59418, 0.33721
Open directionsv Thorndon Hall is a Georgian Palladian country house within Thorndon Park, Ingrave, Essex, England, approximately two miles south of Brentwood and 25 miles (40 km) from central London.
Read more on Wikipedia → English country house Grade I listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Blue Tit +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: THORNDON HALL; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Blue Tit +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White +58 more · last seen 2026; Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 72 public paths nearby
Public paths
Thorndon Gate public footpath · 97 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 97 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 38 public paths nearby
Public paths
Nightingale Lane byway open to all traffic · 85 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 85 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map Nightingale Lane byway open to all traffic · 1.3 km ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 1.3 km Surface dirt Path type: track
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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UK green spaces mapped from open public data — so anyone can find the woodland, trail, or nature reserve closest to them.
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Wildlife to spot
6,531 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,531 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +34
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Mole Talpa europaea Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 7-spot Ladybird · Nebria brevicollis · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis Syrphus Syrphus2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025 Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,531 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +34
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Mole Talpa europaea Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 7-spot Ladybird · Nebria brevicollis · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis Syrphus Syrphus2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025 Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Anchomenus dorsalis Anchomenus dorsalis
Anchomenus dorsalis Anchomenus dorsalis
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Calathus erratus Calathus erratus
Calathus erratus Calathus erratus
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Galeruca tanaceti Galeruca tanaceti2025
Galeruca tanaceti Galeruca tanaceti2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Anaspis thoracica Anaspis thoracica2025
Anaspis thoracica Anaspis thoracica2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Eupteryx aurata Eupteryx aurata2025
Eupteryx aurata Eupteryx aurata2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Purple Emperor Apatura iris2025
Purple Emperor Apatura iris2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2025
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum2025
Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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