Basildon Natural History Society
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Langdon Nature Reserve
Our largest inland nature reserve, enjoy ancient woodland, orchid meadows, ponds and the old plotlands.
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?
Reflections on Volunteering at Newland Grove nature reserve
How volunteering at Newland Grove nature reserve has given Sharon a sense of purpose, wellbeing and connection with nature.
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
Official opening of Langdon Nature Discovery Centre
Essex Wildlife Trust invites the public to the official re-opening of its refurbished, sustainable centre at Langdon Nature Discovery Park in Basildon.
Rushy Mead Nature Reserve
Once a pumping station for a sewage works, this nature reserve is now a haven for reedbed species and provides a home to the UK's most endangered mammal, the Water Vole
Oxley Meadow Nature Reserve
Experience the wonder of up to 75,000 Green-winged Orchids in this small meadow nature reserve
Brookes Nature Reserve
Step into this wonderful pocket of ancient woodland and meadows, filled with wildflowers in spring and butterflies in summer.