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Toot Hill Golf Club

3 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Daisy Rust · last seen 2016; Fungi — Daisy Rust · last seen 2016

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Forests WayWalking route96 km

Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Stort Valley WayWalking route

Named route

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Nickerlandsbyway open to all traffic · 1.6 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.6 kmSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

3,005 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,005 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
SwiftApus apus2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2018
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2018
House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Common GullLarus canus2018
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
CuckooCuculus canorus2018
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2018
Greylag GooseAnser anser2018
Mute SwanCygnus olor2017
Herring GullLarus argentatus2017
CootFulica atra2016
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2016

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Mammals9 species

spring

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Stoat · Pygmy Shrew +4

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2020
StoatMustela erminea2018
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
OtterLutra lutra2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2017
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2017

🐝

Insects57 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Trioza centranthi +52

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2018
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Aphis (Aphis) viburniAphis (Aphis) viburni2017
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2023
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
Pipiza austriacaPipiza austriaca
SyrphusSyrphus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Agrilus sulcicollisAgrilus sulcicollis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
House-flyMusca domestica
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2023
Monotoma picipesMonotoma picipes2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Polydrusus tereticollisPolydrusus tereticollis2023
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
Axinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalis2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2023
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
Phloiotrya vaudoueriPhloiotrya vaudoueri2023
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Pyrrhidium sanguineumPyrrhidium sanguineum2022
Non-biting midgesChironomidae2022
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2018
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017
PeacockAglais io2017
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Cerodontha iridisCerodontha iridis2016
Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2016

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Fungi1 species

spring

2016

Daisy Rust

Daisy RustPuccinia lagenophorae

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2017

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,005 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
SwiftApus apus2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2018
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2018
House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Common GullLarus canus2018
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
CuckooCuculus canorus2018
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2018
Greylag GooseAnser anser2018
Mute SwanCygnus olor2017
Herring GullLarus argentatus2017
CootFulica atra2016
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2016

🦌

Mammals9 species

spring

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Stoat · Pygmy Shrew +4

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2020
StoatMustela erminea2018
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
OtterLutra lutra2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2017
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2017

🐝

Insects57 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Trioza centranthi +52

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2018
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Aphis (Aphis) viburniAphis (Aphis) viburni2017
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2023
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
Pipiza austriacaPipiza austriaca
SyrphusSyrphus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Agrilus sulcicollisAgrilus sulcicollis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
House-flyMusca domestica
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2023
Monotoma picipesMonotoma picipes2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Polydrusus tereticollisPolydrusus tereticollis2023
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
Axinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalis2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2023
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
Phloiotrya vaudoueriPhloiotrya vaudoueri2023
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Pyrrhidium sanguineumPyrrhidium sanguineum2022
Non-biting midgesChironomidae2022
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2018
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017
PeacockAglais io2017
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Cerodontha iridisCerodontha iridis2016
Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2016

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2016

Daisy Rust

Daisy RustPuccinia lagenophorae

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2017

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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