Sergeants Orchard Nature Reserve
With trees covered in apples and grasses full of wildflowers, make sure to visit this little slice of picturesque countryside
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Top spring reserves
Top spring reserves
Top summer reserves
Top summer reserves
Dogs on nature reserves
A position statement from Essex Wildlife Trust about dogs on nature reserves.
Top autumn reserves
Our top 12 Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserves to visit this autumn.
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves
Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves are a wonderful mosaic of woodland, common, heathland, streams and bogs
Copperas Wood Nature Reserve
On the edge of the Stour Estuary, you'll find the flourishing Copperas Wood Nature Reserve, filled with blooming wild flowers in the spring
Volunteering on our nature reserves
Hear from one of our wonderful volunteers to tell you more about volunteering on a nature reserve.
Thrift Wood Nature Reserve
Listen out for the drumming of woodpeckers, the singing trills of the nightingale and warblers and even the sounds of wood ant colonies scuttling along.
Cockaynes Wood Nature Reserve
A beautiful mosaic habitat, Cockaynes Wood is situated in an area which was once extensively used for sand and gravel extraction and now supports a whole array of amazing wildlife
Pound Wood Nature Reserve
One of the largest remaining areas of ancient woodland in South East Essex, this reserve is one of the few sites in the UK where the Heath Fritillary butterfly is flourishing