Essex Wildlife Trust, Abbotts Hall Farm, Gt Wigborough, Colchester, Essex CO5 7RZ
What's on: Walks & Runs
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Wed 6 Aug Introduction to Birds
Join David Petts for an enjoyable introduction to birdwatching. Learn to recognise and identify bird song, their calls and alarms, while walking through the reserve. Refreshments included. 10.00 - 12.30pm
Location: Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 9 Aug Discovering Dragonflys and Butterflys
Discover the many species of Butterfly and Dragonfly of Chafford Gorges Nature Park. 10am
Location: Chafford Gorges Visitor Centre
Sun 10 Aug Tree Identification Walk
Take a walk about the Park and learn how to identify a variety of trees. 10.30am-12.30pm
Location: Bedfords Park Visitor Centre
Mon 11 Aug Bat and Moth Evening
Bring a torch. Suggested donation £2.00. Meet at the entrance to Parklands in Corbets Tey Road, Upminster at 8.30 pm.
Location: Havering Local Group
Tue 19 Aug Langdon 5K Summer Series
Join us for the third Tuesday in the months of May, June, July and August for our summer 5k series. A fantastic run all off road through woodland. Suitable for all levels of runners from beginners to advanced. Results service available, toilets and refreshments with waiting area for friends / family but no changing facilities. 7.30pm start
Location: Langdon Visitor Centre
Sun 24 Aug Bushcraft Course
Bushcraft is essentially the knowledge of how our natural environment works and the skills we can employ to live with nature and adapt to the changing seasons. On this course you will be guided through a selection of different aspects of bushcraft such as wildfood, natural tinder, cordage making, fire building and how to harness other natural resources to help us survive. 5.00pm - 9.00pm
Location: Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 30 Aug Discovering Bats
Learn about the bats off Chafford, use bat boxes to hear the bats around the lake. 8.30pm
Location: Chafford Gorges Visitor Centre
Sun 31 Aug Guided Walk Tollesbury Reserve
taking in the coastal realignment. Please wear sensible footwear. Donation requested £1 per adult. Meet 2.30 pm in Woodrolfe Road car park.
Location: Colchester Local Group
Sat 6 Sep Discovering Bats
Learn about the bats off Chafford, use bat boxes to hear the bats around the lake. 7.30
Location: Chafford Gorges Visitor Centre
Sat 6 Sep Walton-on-the-Naze
Meet by the tower on the Naze at 10.30am.
Location: Havering Local Group
Sat 6 Sep An afternoon Nature Amble
using local footpaths, possibility of spotting Kingfisher and Little Egret by the riverbank. Suggested Donation £1.50. For further details and meeting location please contact Peter Dwyer on 01787 476524. Starting from Bocking at 2.30pm
Location: Braintree Local Group
Fri 12 Sep Moth Watch
Moths, Flies and Bats, bring your field guides, lenses and coat. Free tea/coffee. Meet 7pm Delmores car park TQ 683 873
Location: Basildon
Sat 13 Sep Birdwatching Trip
Join our expert leader for a day of field trips to various local sites. We'll use our up-to-date local knowledge to take you to the best places and see the best birds. Numbers are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. 10am-4pm
Location: Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 13 Sep to Sun 14 Sep HERITAGE WEEKEND
Guided Walks at Warley Place Reserve at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm. Map Ref. 177/583907*
Location: Brentwood and Billericay Local Group
Sun 21 Sep Animal Tracks and Signs
Take a walk around Bedfords Park looking for evidence of animals, from tracks on the ground to feeding signs. 10.30am-12.30pm
Location: Bedfords Park Visitor Centre
Thu 25 Sep Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve
Half or Full Day Walk - A chance to spot some of the birds from the impressive list of this Reserve. Meet 10.00am in car park off New Tank Hill Road (A1090), Purfleet. Map Ref. 177/553792
Location: Brentwood and Billericay Local Group
Sat 27 Sep to Sun 28 Sep Autumn Birding on the Res
A joint event with Essex Birdwatching Society to promote autumn birdwatching at peak migration time. Guided walks, binocular & telescope sales and advice, make a bird feeder, Swallow Birding stand, caterers on site, Steve Cale's exhibition still on. Come along and join the fun! 9am-5pm
Location: Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 27 Sep Bat Evening
Join us for an informative and fun walk and talk to learn about, and hopefully spot, the bats of Bedfords Park. 7.00pm-9.00pm
Location: Bedfords Park Visitor Centre
Sat 27 Sep Introduction to Birds
Join David Petts for an enjoyable introduction to bird watching. Learn to recognise and identify bird song, their calls and alarms, while walking through the 10 acre nature reserve. Refreshments included. 10.00am - 12.30pm
Location: Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 4 Oct Hockley Wood
Meet in the car park next to the Bull public house on the B1013 at 10.30am.
Location: Havering Local Group
Sat 11 Oct Autumn Amble
Join Kris Miners for a stroll around the reserve to see all the wonderful autumn colours. 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Location: Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 11 Oct Fungi Foray at Brookes Reserve Greenstead Green
with local expert Tony Boniface. We will endeavour to identify specimens at the end of the event. Suggested Donation £1.50 Meet in Car Park at 2.30pm
Location: Braintree Local Group
Sat 18 Oct Heybridge Basin
Half-Day Walk for winter migrants. Mee10.00am in Daisy Meadow Car Park Map Ref. 168/872069
Location: Brentwood and Billericay Local Group
Sun 19 Oct Introduction to Birds
Join David Petts for an enjoyable introduction to bird watching. Learn to recognise and identify bird song, their calls and alarms, while walking through the 10 acre nature reserve. Refreshments included. 10.00am - 12.30pm
Location: Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sun 19 Oct Fungi Foray
Joint meeting with Essex Field Club looking for fungi in Coombe Wood, Westley Heights CP all-day event. Meet Westley Heights 10.30am car park
Location: Basildon
Sun 19 Oct Discover Nature’s Recyclers
Join Warden, Brian McGhie, Tricia Moxey and Robert Levene for this annual walk in Gernon Bushes Nature Reserve and see what can be found in the autumn. Joint meeting with Friends of Epping Forest. Meet: 10.30 am at Nature Reserve entrance: turn off B181 Epping – North Weald into Coopersale Common Lane, then left into Garnon Mead.
Location: Epping Forest Local Group
Sat 1 Nov Wanstead Park
Meet at the junction of Wanstead Park Avenue and Northumberland Avenue at 10.30am.
Location: Havering Local Group
Sun 2 Nov Fungi Foray
Join us for a walk around the park in search of all the different types of fungi that grow here and get tips on how to identify them. 10.30am-12.30pm
Location: Bedfords Park Visitor Centre
Sun 2 Nov Plants, trees and their hidden uses
Join Kris Miners for an informative walk around Hanningfield Nature Reserve. On the way you will learn about the hidden uses and the folklore of our wild plants and trees. Refreshments provided. 10.00am - 1.00pm
Location: Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
Sat 15 Nov Birdwatch at Lee Valley.
Contact Brian for more details. Meet 9am Fishers Green car park.
Location: Basildon
Sat 22 Nov Birdwatching Trip
Join our expert leader for a day of field trips to various local sites. We'll use our up-to-date local knowledge to take you to the best places and see the best birds. Numbers are limited so please book early. 10am-4pm
Location: Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre
Thu 27 Nov Abbotts Hall Farm
Enjoy the large hides overlooking developing wildlife habitats. Meet 10.15am in car park. Map Ref. 168/963146.
Location: Brentwood and Billericay Local Group
Sat 29 Nov Winter walk at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea
Please ring Peter Dwyer Telephone number as above, to confirm details for this event. Suggested Donation £1.50. Meet at 10.30am in Car Park.
Location: Braintree Local Group
Sat 6 Dec Cudmore Grove County Park
Meet the Ranger Dougal Urquhart in the car park GR 055 147 at 10.30am.
Location: Havering Local Group
Sat 13 Dec A visit to Blue House Farm.
A guided morning walk around the farm and along the sea wall, followed by a pub lunch (optional). Meet 10am at the farm.
Location: Basildon
Thu 1 Jan Annual Walk around Marks Hill,
A good start to the new year. Meet 10am Delmores car park. TQ 683 873
Location: Basildon
