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The Moors - Woodland plantation

3 ha

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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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Church Car Park 358m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Church Car Park 358m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

3 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Weak signal

Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colchester Orbital Spoke (South)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Colchester Orbital South AWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Colchester Orbital South BWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bourne Mill Pub Tour, Bourne MillWalking route4.8 km

Circular walk that takes you to some of the local area's most celebrated inns. While much of this route runs along concrete pavements, there are some paths that can become muddy during wet weather. There are no steep gradients or obstacles to negotiate.

Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Colchester Orbital CycleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Garrison RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Garrison RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

200,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

200,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds65 species

springwinter

2026

Tufted Duck · Teal · Great Crested Grebe · Lapwing · Kestrel +60

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SmewMergellus albellus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

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Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

200,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springwinter

2026

Tufted Duck · Teal · Great Crested Grebe · Lapwing · Kestrel +60

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SmewMergellus albellus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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