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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
🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 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 — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Jersey Tiger +65 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Jersey Tiger +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Yellow-rattle, Primrose +3 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Yellow-rattle, Primrose +3 more · last seen 2023

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 7 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

Parndon TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Netteswell TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Thornwoodpublic footpath · 74 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 74 mSurface dirtPath type: service

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Bolt Cellar Lanebridleway · 424 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 424 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway

Bolt Cellar Lanebridleway · 48 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 48 mSurface grassPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

22,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds83 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Jackdaw · Red Kite · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Starling +78

JackdawColoeus monedula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwiftApus apus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
RedpollAcanthis flammea2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
GoshawkAstur gentilis2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021

🦌

Mammals15 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Red Fox · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Otter · Common Pipistrelle +10

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
OtterLutra lutra2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
StoatMustela erminea2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
WeaselMustela nivalis2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021

🦎

Reptiles5 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Pond Terrapin · Adder

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2021
AdderVipera berus2023

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2021

🐝

Insects67 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Jersey Tiger · Aphrophora alni · Small Copper +62

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2021
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2022
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2021
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2021
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi
Malthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatus
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2023
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Butterflies & mothsLepidoptera2023
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2022
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2022
MelanostomaMelanostoma2022
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021
Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2021
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2021
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Pilophorus perplexusPilophorus perplexus2021
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2021
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021
Neolygus viridisNeolygus viridis2021
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2021
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2021
Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2021
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
MegachileMegachile2021
PeacockAglais io2021
Hedge BrownPyronia tithonus britanniae2021
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021

🌿

Plants6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Japanese Knotweed · Yellow-rattle · Primrose · Devil's-bit Scabious · Himalayan Balsam +1

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds83 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Jackdaw · Red Kite · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Starling +78

JackdawColoeus monedula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwiftApus apus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
RedpollAcanthis flammea2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
GoshawkAstur gentilis2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021

🦌

Mammals15 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Red Fox · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Otter · Common Pipistrelle +10

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
OtterLutra lutra2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
StoatMustela erminea2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
WeaselMustela nivalis2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021

🦎

Reptiles5 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Pond Terrapin · Adder

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2021
AdderVipera berus2023

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2021

🐝

Insects67 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Jersey Tiger · Aphrophora alni · Small Copper +62

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2021
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2022
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2021
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2021
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi
Malthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatus
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2023
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Butterflies & mothsLepidoptera2023
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2022
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2022
MelanostomaMelanostoma2022
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021
Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2021
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2021
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Pilophorus perplexusPilophorus perplexus2021
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2021
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021
Neolygus viridisNeolygus viridis2021
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2021
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2021
Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2021
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
MegachileMegachile2021
PeacockAglais io2021
Hedge BrownPyronia tithonus britanniae2021
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021

🌿

Plants6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Japanese Knotweed · Yellow-rattle · Primrose · Devil's-bit Scabious · Himalayan Balsam +1

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Wood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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