Bushy Wood - Woodland plantation
1 ha
🐶Dogs🚲Cycling🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.84555, 0.51604
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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
- 🅿️Parking 443m 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
- 🅿️Parking 443m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 16
Varies
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Notley Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
(50)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route between NCN 16 and Regional Route 50
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
11,894 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,894 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Scarce Chaser · Cantharis rustica · Four-spotted Chaser +16
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,894 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Scarce Chaser · Cantharis rustica · Four-spotted Chaser +16
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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