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.

Take a walk through this fantastic woodland that shows off one of Essex's best spring flower displays

One of the earliest ancient woods recorded in south-east Essex, this woodland is an important wildlife corridor in the Daws Heath woodland landscape

One of the largest remaining areas of ancient woodland in South East Essex, this reserve is one of the few sites in the UK where the Heath Fritillary butterfly is flourishing

A rich mosaic of woodland, meadows and flower-rich acid grassland that forms an important wildlife corridor in an urban area

The woodland is over 1,000 years old and is home to rare and threatened species, historic features, and a Nature Discovery Centre.

Wander around this spectacular woodland filled with rare and beautiful flowers such as Oxlips and Greater Butterfly Orchids

To visit Bonny Wood is, on some levels, to experience two different worlds.

This brackish lagoon by the River Orwell was formed as a result of a breach in the sea wall during the notorious 1953 floods, which affected much of the east coast of England.

Whether it is rafts of duck, colonies of avocet or the razor-like wings of a peregrine in stooping flight, the sheer number of birds that Trimley Marshes attracts is nothing short of spectacular…