Oxley Meadow Nature Reserve
Experience the wonder of up to 75,000 Green-winged Orchids in this small meadow nature reserve
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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.
Horndon Meadow Nature Reserve
A small nature reserve where hundreds of wildflowers bloom in spring
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.
Little Waltham Meadows Nature Reserve
On the east bank of the River Chelmer, you’ll find Little Waltham Meadows, a beautiful mix of old flood and dry meadows and Alder Carr woodland, bursting with wildlife
Roding Valley Meadows Nature Reserve
Visit the largest remaining species-rich water meadow in Essex with its famous display of wildflowers and wonderful mosaic of habitats
Volunteering on our nature reserves
Hear from one of our wonderful volunteers to tell you more about volunteering on a nature reserve.
Hitchcock's Meadow Nature Reserve
Found on the rolling hills adjoining Danbury Common, Hitchcock's Meadow is wonderful mix of flower-rich ancient pasture, secondary woodland, scrubland and marsh
Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves
Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves are a wonderful mosaic of woodland, common, heathland, streams and bogs
Brookes Nature Reserve
Step into this wonderful pocket of ancient woodland and meadows, filled with wildflowers in spring and butterflies in summer.