A globally important wetland site, crucial for wildfowl, with 40,000 ducks, swans and geese visiting each year.

A 700-acre nature reserve and the head office of Essex Wildlife Trust, situated on the Blackwater Estuary. The site demonstrates a successful coastal realignment project and is in the process of…

Offers stunning views over London from the hilltop location in Bedfords Park, meet the deer and enjoy the play area.

Immerse yourself in the best wilderness Essex can offer and witness the true wonder of migration at Blue House Farm

Once gravel pits, this land was flooded and transformed into a wildlife haven where you can discover new wildlife round every bend or sit back on one of the benches and take it all in

A woodland oasis located inside the M25, this relic marshland is a prime example of what the countryside would have looked like

Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves are a wonderful mosaic of woodland, common, heathland, streams and bogs

Fingringhoe Wick was Essex Wildlife Trust's first nature reserve (1961), some years later it was where the Trust opened their first visitor centre. Sixty years on visitors are still coming…

Nestled into a serene woodland setting, with nature trails, bird hides and wonderful panoramic views over the 870 acre reservoir.

Take a walk around one of the best coastal grazing marshes in Essex, with its amazing display of wintering wildfowl and rare saltmarsh plants