Brookes Nature Reserve
Step into this wonderful pocket of ancient woodland and meadows, filled with wildflowers in spring and butterflies in summer.
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Visit a nature reserve
Essex Wildlife Trust manages over 100 nature reserves in Essex and 10 Nature Discovery Centres throughout Essex.
Monitoring our nature reserves
How does our ecological monitoring programme work?
Dogs on nature reserves
A position statement from Essex Wildlife Trust about dogs on nature reserves.
All-terrain scooter lets visitors explore nature reserve
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Fingringhoe Wick nature reserve now offers a mobility scooter for people with limited mobility to enjoy the reserve.
Wrabness nature reserve
Visit a reserve that is brimming with amazing bird species in every corner in every month of the year, with lovely views over the Stour Estuary
Volunteering on our nature reserves
Hear from one of our wonderful volunteers to tell you more about volunteering on a nature reserve.
Horndon Meadow Nature Reserve
A small nature reserve where hundreds of wildflowers bloom in spring
John Weston Nature Reserve
Just around the corner from The Naze Nature Discovery Centre, you'll find the John Weston nature reserve, an important site for passing birds in the spring and autumn.
Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve
Visit a beautifully wild nature reserve with its woodlands, ponds and species rich grasslands, filled with amazing wildlife
Oxley Meadow Nature Reserve
Experience the wonder of up to 75,000 Green-winged Orchids in this small meadow nature reserve
Stanford Warren Nature Reserve
Walk alongside one of the largest reedbeds in Essex in this Thameside nature reserve and listen out for the famous call of the cuckoo in the summer.