Howlands Marsh Nature Reserve
Take a walk around one of the best coastal grazing marshes in Essex, with its amazing display of wintering wildfowl and rare saltmarsh plants
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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?
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.
Sawbridgeworth Marsh Nature Reserve
Lying in the valley of the River Stort these reedbeds become alive during summer - with flowering marsh plants, singing Warblers, an abundance of invertebrates and a chance to see one of the UK’s…
Dogs on nature reserves
A position statement from Essex Wildlife Trust about dogs on nature reserves.
Fobbing Marsh Nature Reserve
Wander through one of the few remaining Thameside grazing marshes; full of flowering plants and visiting migrant birds
Cranham Marsh Nature Reserve
A woodland oasis located inside the M25, this relic marshland is a prime example of what the countryside would have looked like
Langdon Nature Reserve
Our largest inland nature reserve, enjoy ancient woodland, orchid meadows, ponds and the old plotlands.
Great Holland Pits Nature Reserve
This enchanting nature reserve was once a working gravel pit but for the last 50 years has been transformed into a flourishing wildlife haven
Volunteering on our nature reserves
Hear from one of our wonderful volunteers to tell you more about volunteering on a nature reserve.
Langdon Visitor Centre secures funding for upgrade
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Langdon Visitor Centre has received funding to re-build the current centre, which will provide improved community and educational facilities to welcome the increasing number…