Skippers Island is one of the last remaining places in Essex with a true feeling of wilderness - a remote island in the Walton Backwaters, there is a sense of peacefulness, only interrupted by the…

Why not visit this beautiful wooded reserve filled with spring flowers, butterflies and foraging mammals

Wander through the ancient trees, passing by idyllic ponds and woodland flowers that fill this little pocket of nature

This little pocket of woodland holds a number of treasures, with Nightingales and Glow-worms all coming out to display in the spring and summer

Experience the wonder of up to 75,000 Green-winged Orchids in this small meadow 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

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.

On the edge of the Stour Estuary, you'll find the flourishing Copperas Wood Nature Reserve, filled with blooming wild flowers in the spring

The only place in Essex where you will find all three Heather species growing together and the largest area of lowland heathland in the county

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