Essex Wildlife Trust

View from Blue House Farm bird hide

The Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT) is one of 46 wildlife trusts which cover the United Kingdom. The EWT was founded in 1959, and it describes itself as Essex's leading conservation charity, which aims to protect wildlife for the future and the people of the county. As of January 2017, it has over 34,000 members and runs 87 nature reserves, 2 nature parks and 11 visitor centres.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn

Essex has one of the longest coastlines of any English county, with saltmarshes, lagoons, mudflats, grazing marshes, reedbeds and shingle. Its ancient forests were formerly important to the local economy, with wood being used for fuel, construction and bark in the tanning industry. Coppicing is being re-introduced by the EWT to encourage woodland grasses, flowers, invertebrates and birds. A few grasslands on the heavy clays of south- and mid-Essex are still grazed according to traditional methods, supporting a mixture of pasture and fen. Some brownfield sites, often on contaminated soil, have populations of nationally scarce species, particularly invertebrates.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The EWT's first site was Fingringhoe Wick, which was established in 1961; its visitor centre has views over the Colne Estuary.<ref name=FW/> The largest site is the Template:Convert Hanningfield Reservoir, which has nationally important numbers of gadwalls and a rare moss. The smallest is Horndon Meadow at Template:Convert; it is an unimproved hay meadow which has 80 flower species. The whole or part of 6 sites are Ramsar internationally important wetland sites, 29 are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 3 are national nature reserves, 4 are Special Protection Areas, 2 are Special Areas of Conservation, 7 are Nature Conservation Review sites, 2 are a Geological Conservation Review sites, 2 are scheduled monuments and 7 are local nature reserves. Template:Kml

Nature reserves

Key

Classifications

• EWTVC = Essex Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre
• GCR = Geological Conservation Review
• LNR = Local nature reserve
• NCR = Nature Conservation Review
• NNR = National nature reserve
• Ramsar = Internationally important Ramsar wetland site
• SAC = Special Area of Conservation
• SM = Scheduled monument
• SPA = Special Protection Area
• SSSI = Site of Special Scientific Interest

Access

• BPA = Access only by prior arrangement with the EWT
• EWTO = EWT members only
• FP = Access to footpaths only
• PP = Access to part of the site
• YES = Free public access to all or most of the site

Site	Photograph	AreaTemplate:Efn	LocationTemplate:Efn	AccessTemplate:Efn	Classifications	Description
Abberton Reservoir<ref name=EWTabb>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Convert	Colchester Template:Coord {{#if: TL 962 177|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TL 962 177_region:GB_scale:25000| TL 962 177|name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=EWTabb/> NCR,<ref>Ratcliffe, 1977, p. 171</ref> Ramsar,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SPA,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=abberton/>	The EWT runs the visitor centre for Essex and Suffolk Water's 716 hectare reservoir, which is internationally important for wintering wigeon, and nationally important for twelve other bird species. The small area run by the trust has new woodland with a bird hide, and there are two more hides over the reservoir.<ref name=EWTabb/><ref name=abberton>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Abbotts Hall Farm<ref name=abbotts>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Convert	Colchester Template:Coord {{#if:TL 963 146 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 963 146 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 963 146 |name=}}}}	PP	NNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ramsar,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SAC,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SM,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SPA,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is the headquarters of the EWT, as well as a working farm which is managed to encourage wildlife. New seawalls have been built to create marshland, which has many fish, providing food for migrating birds. A new lake has also been constructed, and fields provide additional habitats for fauna such as skylarks.<ref name=abbotts/>
Aubrey Buxton<ref name=aubrey>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Convert	Elsenham Template:Coord {{#if: TL 521 264|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TL 521 264_region:GB_scale:25000| TL 521 264|name=}}}}	YES		The site is woodland on a sandy and gravel soil, with meadows and six man-made ponds. Grassland plants include wild strawberries and common spotted orchids. There are birds such as nuthatches and woodpeckers. Black poplars, which are the county's rarest native tree, have been planted to replace trees lost to storm damage.<ref name=aubrey/>
Template:AnchorBedfords Park<ref name=bedfords>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Convert	Havering-atte-Bower Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 520 922 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 520 922 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 520 922 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=bedfords/> LNR<ref name=lnrbeds>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The London Borough of Havering owns and manages Bedfords Park, while the EWT manages the visitor centre.<ref name=bedfords/> The site has wildflower meadows, diverse woodland, several ponds and a lake, as well as a herd of red deer. There are flora such as cuckoo flowers and ragged robins.<ref name=lnrbeds/>
Belfairs Woodland Centre<ref name=belfairs>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Convert<ref name=GWDG/>	Leigh-on-Sea Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 831 874 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 831 874 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 831 874 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=belfairs/> LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=GWDG>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is a small remnant of the ancient Hadleigh Great Wood. It is coppiced oak woodland on sands, gravels and clay, and one of the largest areas of old woodland in the south of the county. Plants include the rare broad-leaved helleborine.<ref name=GWDG/>
Blue House Farm<ref name=blue>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Convert	North Fambridge Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 856 971 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 856 971 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 856 971 |name=}}}}	FP	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site has been grassland for the last 100 years, and it is grazed by cows and sheep. The site has ponds, creeks and ditches, and a 20 hectare field is flooded during the winter, providing feeding grounds for large numbers of wildfowl and wading birds, including around 2000 Brent geese.<ref name=blue/>
Bradwell Shell Bank<ref name=bradwell>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bradwell Shell Bank	N/Av	Bradwell-on-Sea Template:Coord {{#if:TM 035 081 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 035 081 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 035 081 |name=}}}}	PP	NCR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ratcliffe7-8">Ratcliffe, 1977, pp. 7–8</ref> Ramsar,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SAC,<ref name=bradwell/> SPA,<ref name=bradwell/> SSSI<ref name=bradwell/>	The site is a large area of saltmarsh, together with some Template:Convert of shell bank. Birds which breed on the shell bank include little terns and ringed plovers, and there are many species on the saltmarsh. There are flora such as yellow-horned poppies, grass-leaved oraches and rock samphires.<ref name=bradwell/>
Brookes Nature Reserve<ref name=Brookes>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Brookes Nature Reserve	Template:Convert	Halstead Template:Coord {{#if:TL 808 268 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 808 268 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 808 268 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=Brookes/>	The site is coppice woodland on chalky boulder clay. There is a variety of woodlands types, such as wet ash and maple, pedunculate Oak and hornbeam, and acid birch, ash and lime. The ground flora includes species which are locally uncommon, including greater butterfly-orchid and bird's-nest orchid.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> There is also a variety of butterflies, and ponds which have frogs and newts.<ref name=Brookes/>
Template:AnchorChafford Gorges Nature Park<ref name=chafford>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chafford Gorges	Template:Convert	Grays Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 588 793 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 588 793 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 588 793 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=chafford/> GCR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=chafford/><ref name=chaffordmap>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site has lakes, woodland and meadows. There are common spotted, bee and bird's nest orchids, and long-eared and common pipistrelle bats.<ref name=chafford/> Two areas are Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit has been designated for its biological interest, and Lion Pit for geological interest.<ref name=chaffordmap/>
Chigborough Lakes<ref name=chigborough>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chigborough Lakes	Template:Convert	Maldon Template:Coord {{#if:TL 876 086 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 876 086 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 876 086 |name=}}}}	YES		This area of former gravel pits has diverse habitats, lakes, marshes, willow carr, grazed grassland and scrub. More than 120 species of bird have been recorded, out of which more than 40 have bred, including great crested grebes, grey herons and little egrets. There are eleven species of willow and several of orchid.<ref name=chigborough/>
Cockaynes Wood<ref name=cockaynes>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Cockaynes Wood	Template:Convert	Wivenhoe Template:Coord {{#if:TM 054 217 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 054 217 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 054 217 |name=}}}}	PP		Cockaynes Wood is ancient, and was listed in the Domesday Book. The nature reserve also includes Villa Wood and more open areas, with heathland, meadows, and water-filled former quarries. Wildlife includes a rare weevil and birds including barn owls.<ref name=cockaynes/>
Colne Point<ref name=colnep>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Colne Point	Template:Convert	St Osyth Template:Coord {{#if: TM 108 125|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TM 108 125_region:GB_scale:25000| TM 108 125|name=}}}}	YES	NCR,<ref name="ratcliffe7-8"/> NNR,<ref name=SSSIColne>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ramsar,<ref name=ColneRamsar>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=SSSIColne/>	The site is shingle surrounding saltmarsh, and Ray Creek flows through it. It is a breeding ground for many birds, and a feeding area for migrants. There are many invertebrates which are on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and flora include the nationally rare golden samphire and small cord-grass.<ref name=colnep/>
Copperas Wood<ref name=copperas>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Copperas Wood	Template:Convert	Harwich Template:Coord {{#if:TM 200 315 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 200 315 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 200 315 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is ancient sweet chestnut and hornbeam coppice. The Great Storm of 1987 caused severe damage, and some areas have been left to regenerate naturally. Around 100 bird species have been observed, out of which 43 are nesting, and there are 23 butterfly species and over 300 of moths.<ref name=copperas/>
Cranham Marsh<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Cranham Marsh	Template:Convert	Cranham Template:Coord {{#if: TQ 567 856|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ 567 856_region:GB_scale:25000| TQ 567 856|name=}}}}	YES	LNR<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The habitats on the site are woodland, wet meadow, marsh and fen. There are three small woods, including Spring Wood, which has species indicative of ancient woodland. Insects include a rare bee, Macropis europaea, and 23 species of butterfly have been recorded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Crowsheath Wood<ref name=crowsheath>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Crowsheath Wood	Template:Convert	Downham Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 727 964|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 727 964_region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 727 964|name=}}}}	YES		The wood has many mature oak trees, with coppiced areas mainly of hornbeam, together with other trees such as ash and field maple. There are ponds in the centre of the site where lesser spearwort grows. Flowers include bluebell and wood anemone, and there are birds typical of broadleaved woodland.<ref name=crowsheath/>
Template:AnchorDanbury Ridge<ref name=danbury>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Danbury Ridge	Template:Convert	Danbury Template:Coord {{#if: TL 790 065|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TL 790 065_region:GB_scale:25000| TL 790 065|name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=sssidanbury>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=sssiwoodham>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The site includes several areas in two different SSSIs, Danbury Common<ref name=sssidanbury/> and Woodham Walter Common.<ref name=sssiwoodham/> Habitats include woodland, a bog area which has sphagnum moss, marsh, a pond and heathland. Dormice are common in the reserves.<ref name=danbury/>
Template:AnchorFingringhoe Wick<ref name=FW>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Fingringhoe Wick	Template:Convert	Fingringhoe Template:Coord {{#if:TM 048 193 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 048 193 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 048 193 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=FW/> NCR,<ref name="ratcliffe7-8"/> Ramsar,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=SSSIColne/>	These former gravel quarries were the Trust's first reserve, established in 1961. Habitats are the Colne Estuary, gorse heathland, grassland, reedbeds and ponds. There are nearly 200 species of birds and 350 of flowering plants, together with many dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies.<ref name=FW/>
Fobbing Marsh<ref name=fobbing>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Fobbing Marsh	Template:Convert	Fobbing Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 731 846 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 731 846 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 731 846 |name=}}}}	YES		The site is mainly grazing marshes, but there are also areas of rough grassland, saltmarsh, seawalls and reedbed. Flowering plants include hairy buttercup, knotted hedge-parsley and the nationally rare least lettuce. There are breeding birds such as corn buntings and yellow wagtails.<ref name=fobbing/>
Template:AnchorGernon Bushes<ref name=gernon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gernon Bushes	Template:Convert	Epping Template:Coord {{#if: TL 478 030|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TL 478 030_region:GB_scale:25000| TL 478 030|name=}}}}	YES	SSSI,<ref name=epping>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> NCR<ref>Ratcliffe, 1977, pp. 60–61</ref>	This site is ancient coppice, with old hornbeam pollards, and many ponds which were created for gravel extraction. There are areas of marsh with large patches of the unusual marsh fern, and other plants include marsh marigold and ragged robin.<ref name=gernon/>
Great Holland Pits<ref name=ghp>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Great Holland Pits	Template:Convert	Great Holland Template:Coord {{#if:TM 204 190 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 204 190 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 204 190 |name=}}}}	YES		This area of former gravel pits has grassland, ancient woodland, ponds and wet depressions. There are water birds such as kingfishers, coots and little grebes, and flowering plants include moschatels and carline thistles.<ref name=ghp/>
Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges<ref name=gunners>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Shoebury Ranges	Template:Convert	Shoeburyness Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 932 841|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 932 841_region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 932 841|name=}}}}	PP	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SM,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gunners Park, which is named for its former military use, has over twelve habitats, including coastal grassland and ancient sand dunes. Rare insects include sandwich click beetles, while there are unusual plants such as bulbous meadow-grass. There is a wide range of migrating birds.<ref name=gunners/>
Template:AnchorHanningfield Reservoir<ref name=hanning>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Hanningfield Reservoir	Template:Convert	Chelmsford Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 725 971 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 725 971 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 725 971 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=hanning/> SSSI<ref name=sssihann/>	The reservoir has a nationally important population of gadwalls, and it also has significant numbers of pochards, teal, tufted ducks and pintails. The chalk sludge lagoon has several unusual plants, and there is a rare moss Brachythecium mildeanum at the foot of the southern dam.<ref name=sssihann>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Horndon Meadow<ref name=horndon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Horndon Meadow	Template:Convert	Stanford-le-Hope Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 672 851 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 672 851 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 672 851 |name=}}}}	YES		This site is an unimproved hay meadow, which has around eighty flower species, such as green-winged orchids, yellow rattles, musk mallows and black knapweeds. Other plants include adder's tongue ferns.<ref name=horndon/>
Howlands Marsh<ref name=howlands>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Howlands Marsh	Template:Convert	St Osyth Template:Coord {{#if:TM 115 169 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 115 169 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 115 169 |name=}}}}	YES	NCR,<ref name="ratcliffe7-8"/> Ramsar,<ref name=ColneRamsar/> SPA,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=SSSIColne/>	This site is marshy grassland, which is low lying and hummocky, and divided by water channels. There are also areas of saltmarsh, which have sea wormwood and golden samphire. Breeding birds include reed warblers, skylarks, lapwings and reed buntings.<ref name=howlands/>
Hunsdon Mead<ref name=hunsdon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn	Hunsdon Mead	Template:Convert	Harlow Template:Coord {{#if:TL 421 114 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 421 114 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 421 114 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=sssihuns>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is unimproved grassland which is subject to winter flooding. Notable grass species include meadow brome and the quaking grass Briza media, and there are other unusual flora such as pepper saxifrage and green-winged orchid.<ref name=sssihuns/>
Template:AnchorIngrebourne Valley<ref name=ingrebourne>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Ingrebourne Valley	Template:Convert	Hornchurch Template:Coord {{#if: TQ 532 835|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ 532 835_region:GB_scale:25000| TQ 532 835|name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=ingrebourne/> LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=sssiiv>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The EWT manages the visitor centre for this site, which is run by Havering Council.<ref name=ingrebourne/> The site has a wide range of habitats, rough grassland, woodland, marshes, river, reedbeds and wet grazing. There are fauna such as great crested newts, slowworms and harvest mice.<ref name=sssiiv/>
Iron Latch<ref name=iron>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Iron Latch	Template:Convert	Eight Ash Green Template:Coord {{#if:TL 950 259 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 950 259 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 950 259 |name=}}}}	YES		The site consists of areas of species-rich grassland and ash woodland. Bird's foot trefoil provides food for common blue butterflies, purple hairstreaks, and other butterflies. Nightingales nest in the trees and hedges.<ref name=iron/>
Template:AnchorJohn Weston Nature Reserve<ref name=jwns>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	John Weston	Template:Convert	Walton-on-the-Naze Template:Coord {{#if:TM 266 245 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 266 245 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 266 245 |name=}}}}	YES		This site is named after its former warden, who died in 1984. It has rough grassland, blackthorn and bramble scrub and four ponds. Nesting birds include the lesser and common whitethroat, and there are flora such as slender thistle, pepper saxifrage and fenugreek.<ref name=jwns/>
Template:AnchorLangdon Nature Reserve<ref name=langdon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Langdon Nature Reserve	Template:Convert	Basildon Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 660 875 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 660 875 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 660 875 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=langdon/> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site has a wildlife garden, woodland, meadows and lakes. Over 350 species of flowering plants have been recorded, and 30 butterflies including white admirals, green hairstreaks, marbled whites and grizzled skippers.<ref name=langdon/>
Lexden Gathering Grounds<ref name=gather>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Lexden Gathering Grounds	Template:Convert	Colchester Template:Coord {{#if:TL 965 254 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 965 254 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 965 254 |name=}}}}	YES		The site is mainly woodland with some marsh, meadow and open rides. One area has semi-natural birch and ash woods, and the marsh has moschatel and mature hazel and alder coppice. There are badgers and foxes, and butterflies including meadow browns and small coppers.<ref name=gather/>
Lion Creek and Lower Raypits<ref name=lioncreek>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Lion Creek	Template:Convert	Canewdon Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 923 948 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 923 948 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 923 948 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=cre1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=cre2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The former creek has been cut off from the Crouch Estuary by a seawall, and it has salt marsh plants such as golden samphire and sea-spurrey. Lower Raypits has a variety of pasture, salt marsh and intertidal habitats, with nationally scarce plants such as beaked tasselweed, sea barley, grass vetchling and curved hard-grass. Invertebrates include Roesel's bush-cricket.<ref name=lioncreek/>
Little Haven<ref name=little>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Little Haven	Template:Convert	Thundersley Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 808 890 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 808 890 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 808 890 |name=}}}}	YES		This site has diverse habitats of woodland, meadows, scrub and hedges. The main trees are sessile oaks, hornbeams and sweet chestnut, and plants such as wood sorrel and are indicators of ancient woodland. The reserve is one of only 25 in the county where the rare heath fritillary is well established.<ref name=little/>
Little Waltham Meadows<ref name=lwm>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Little Waltham Meadows	Template:Convert	Little Waltham Template:Coord {{#if:TL 713 119 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 713 119 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 713 119 |name=}}}}	YES		The site is wet and dry meadows on the bank of the River Chelmer, which are grazed to restore them to their previous state. There are grassland plants such as saxifrage, bee orchids and yellow oat-grass. Tawny owls and sparrowhawks hunt in the meadows and ancient hedgerows.<ref name=lwm/>
Template:AnchorMaldon Wick<ref name=maldonwick>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Maldon Wick	Template:Convert	Maldon Template:Coord {{#if:TL 842 057 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 842 057 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 842 057 |name=}}}}	YES		This is a Template:Convert linear site along the route of the former railway line between Maldon and Woodham Ferrers, and it is mainly on embankment. There are many breeding birds, and 28 species of butterflies and 17 of dragonfly have been recorded. Flowering plants include moschatels and sweet violets.<ref name=maldonwick/>
Template:AnchorTemplate:Sortname<ref name=naze>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The Naze	Template:Convert	Walton-on-the-Naze Template:Coord {{#if: TM 264 238|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TM 264 238_region:GB_scale:25000| TM 264 238|name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=naze/> GCR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This coastal site has a variety of terrestrial and marine habitats, and many migrating and nesting birds, such as dark-bellied brent geese, sedge warblers, barn owls and common whitethroats. The cliff is eroding at one to two metres a year.<ref name=naze/>
Newland Grove<ref name=newland>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Newland Grove in the snow	Template:Convert	Chelmsford Template:Coord {{#if:TL 716 108 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 716 108 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 716 108 |name=}}}}	YES		The site is rough grassland on the bank of the River Chelmer, with areas of woodland and thorn thicket. More than 230 plant species have been recorded, including St John's wort, hairy violet and musk mallow. Birds include several species of warbler, and 23 of butterflies.<ref name=newland/>
Template:AnchorOakfield Wood<ref name=oakfield>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Oakfield Wood	Template:Convert	Wrabness Template:Coord {{#if:TM 167 315 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 167 315 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 167 315 |name=}}}}	YES		This is former farmland which is being converted into a "green burial ground", overlooking the Stour Estuary. A native broadleaved tree is planted for each burial with a wooden plaque at the base. When the burial ground is full, it will be managed by the trust as a nature reserve.<ref name=oakfield/>
Oxley Meadow<ref name=oxley>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Oxley Meadow	Template:Convert	Tiptree Template:Coord {{#if:TL 917 149 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 917 149 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 917 149 |name=}}}}	YES		The site has two meadows which are rich in flowers, including many green winged orchids and adderstongue ferns. There is also a variety of common butterfly species, and hedgerows provide nesting sites for birds such as the lesser whitethroat.<ref name=oxley/>
Template:AnchorPhyllis Currie<ref name=phyllis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Phyllis Currie	Template:Convert	Great Leighs Template:Coord {{#if:TL 723 182 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 723 182 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 723 182 |name=}}}}	YES		This site is named after Mrs Phyllis Currie, who bequeathed it to the trust. It has diverse habitats, with grassland, a lake, woodland and ditches. Birds include kingfishers and grey herons, and 23 species of butterflies and 13 of dragonflies and damselflies have been recorded.<ref name=phyllis/>
Pound Wood<ref name=pound>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Pound Wood	Template:Convert	Thundersley Template:Coord {{#if: TQ 816 888|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ 816 888_region:GB_scale:25000| TQ 816 888|name=}}}}	YES		Much of this site is ancient woodland, with some old secondary woodland. Trees include sweet chestnut, aspen and the wild service tree. There are a number of dells and ponds.<ref name=pound/>
Template:AnchorRoding Valley Meadows<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Roding Valley Meadows	Template:Convert	Chigwell Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 430 943 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 430 943 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 430 943 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=roding>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The meadows are bordered by the River Roding. They form one of the largest areas of grassland in Essex which are traditionally managed as hay meadows, flood meadows and marshland. Plants include the largest beds in Essex of the rare brown sedge.<ref name=roding/>
Roman River Valley<ref name=roman>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Roman River Valley	Template:Convert	Layer de la Haye Template:Coord {{#if:TL 975 211 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 975 211 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 975 211 |name=}}}}	YES		This wetland site along the Roman River has ancient woodland and marshes. Aquatic plants include the uncommon small teasel, and there are flowering plants such as yellow archangel and moschatel.<ref name=roman/>
Rushy Mead<ref name=rushy>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Rushy Mead	Template:Convert	Bishop's Stortford Template:Coord {{#if:TL 497 196 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 497 196 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 497 196 |name=}}}}	YES		The site has areas of sedges and reeds with water near the surface all year. They provide protection for snipe and water rails in the winter, and sedge and reed warblers in the summer. The northern part is alder woodland with some ash and willow. In drier areas there is chalk grassland which supports a wide variety of wild flowers.<ref name=rushy/>
Template:AnchorSandylay and Moat Woods <ref name=sandyl>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sandylay and Moat Woods	Template:Convert	Great Leighs Template:Coord {{#if: TL 733 175|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TL 733 175_region:GB_scale:25000| TL 733 175|name=}}}}	YES		These adjacent woods are mainly coppiced small-leaved lime, with a small stream and many flowering plants, including wood anemones, sweet violets, spurge laurel, stinking iris and early purple orchid.<ref name=sandyl/>
Sawbridgeworth Marsh<ref name=sawEWT>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sawbridgeworth Marsh	Template:Convert	Sawbridgeworth Template:Coord {{#if:TL 492 158 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 492 158 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 492 158 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=sawcitation>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The site is a river valley marsh close to the River Stort, which has a varied wetland flora. Grazing and cutting of the marsh in rotation maintains biological diversity.<ref name=sawcitation/> Uncommon plants include marsh willowherb, marsh valerian and marsh arrow-grass, and drainage ditches and two ponds have a rich aquatic life.<ref name=sawEWT/>
Sergeants Orchard<ref name=so>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sergeants Orchard	Template:Convert	Mount Bures Template:Coord {{#if:TL 908 308 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 908 308 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 908 308 |name=}}}}	PP		The site consists of an old orchard in a long narrow field, another narrow field to the west and a larger one to the east. The western field has been planted with fruit trees and the eastern one with a conservation grass mix. A rare bee, bombus muscorum, has been found on the site.<ref name=so/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shadwell Wood<ref name=shadwell>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Shadwell Wood	Template:Convert	Saffron Waldon Template:Coord {{#if:TL 572 413|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 572 413_region:GB_scale:25000|TL 572 413|name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This is oak and ash woodland, interspersed with coppiced hazel and maple. Diverse flowering plants include oxlips, wood anemones, herb paris, and early purple and common spotted orchids.<ref name=shadwell/>
Shotgate Thickets<ref name=shot>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Shotgate Thickets	Template:Convert	Wickford Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 768 940 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 768 940 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 768 940 |name=}}}}	YES		This site on the north bank of the River Crouch has oak woodland, two ponds, rough grassland and thorn thickets. Fauna include great crested newts, water voles, and over seventy bird species. More than a hundred plant species have been recorded, such as golden dock and dyer's greenweed.<ref name=shot/>
Shut Heath Wood<ref name=shut>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Shut Heath Wood	Template:Convert	Great Totham Template:Coord {{#if:TL 853 133 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 853 133 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 853 133 |name=}}}}	YES		Over half this site is managed as farmland, and the rest is ancient oak woodland with coppiced sweet chestnut and hornbeam. The understorey is ash, elder and hazel. Invertebrates include damselflies, dragonflies, glow-worms and wood ants.<ref name=shut/>
Skippers Island<ref name=skip>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Skippers Island	Template:Convert	Walton-on-the-Naze Template:Coord {{#if:TM 218 242 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 218 242 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 218 242 |name=}}}}	BPA		The highest part of the island has thorn thickets, separated by grassy rides. The lowest land is saltmarsh, and there is also extensive rough pasture with brackish pools. Flora include sea hog's fennel and lax-flowered sea-lavender, and there are breeding birds such as shelducks and oystercatchers.<ref name=skip/>
Stanford Warren<ref name=stanwarr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Stanford Warren	Template:Convert	Stanford-le-Hope Template:Coord {{#if: TQ 687 812|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ 687 812_region:GB_scale:25000| TQ 687 812|name=}}}}	YES		This former gravel quarry is bisected by the River Hassenbrook. It has one of the largest reedbeds in the county, together with rough grassland and marshes. The bird life is diverse, including water rails, grey wagtails and bearded tits.<ref name=stanwarr/>
Stow Maries Halt<ref name=stowm>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Stow Maries Halt	Template:Convert	Stow Maries Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 835 991 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 835 991 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 835 991 |name=}}}}	YES		The former Stow St Mary Halt railway station has marshes, a pond and scrub, together with adjoining pasture which is also part of the reserve. Butterflies include purple and white-letter hairstreaks, and there are flowers such as common fleabane and wild carrot.<ref name=stowm/>
Template:AnchorThorndon Countryside Centre<ref name=thorndon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Thorndon Countryside Centre	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Brentwood Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 605 915 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 605 915 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 605 915 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC,<ref name=thorndon/> SSSI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The EWT runs the visitor centre for Thorndon Country Park, which is managed by Essex County Council. The park has diverse habitats, with ancient woodland, a meadow, a marsh, parkland and ponds. Mature trees include large oak and hornbeam pollards.<ref name=thorndon/>
Thrift Wood<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Thrift Wood	Template:Convert	Bicknacre Template:Coord {{#if:TL 790 017 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 790 017 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 790 017 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=thrift/>	The site is an ancient semi-natural wood on acid soil. Wild service trees and elders are found in the shrub layer, and a pond has a raised sphagnum bog. Twenty species of butterfly have been recorded.<ref name=thrift>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park<ref name=thurrock>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Thurrock Thameside Nature Park	Template:ConvertTemplate:Efn	Stanford-le-Hope Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 696 806 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 696 806 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 696 806 |name=}}}}	YES	EWTVC<ref name=thurrock/>	The park is next to the River Thames and it has internationally important numbers of ringed plovers and avocets, and nationally important numbers of grey plovers and dunlins. Mammals include water voles, Britain's fastest declining species, and there are amphibians such as the great crested newt.<ref name=thurrock/>
Tile Wood<ref name=tile>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Tile Wood	Template:Convert	Thundersley Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 816 890 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 816 890 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 816 890 |name=}}}}	YES		The wood is ancient, having been mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon period. The main trees are sessile oak, hornbeam and sweet chestnut. Ground flora include wood sorrel, bluebells and wood-rush.<ref name=tile/>
Tiptree Heath<ref name=EWTtiptree>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Tiptree Heath	Template:Convert	Tiptree Template:Coord {{#if:TL 883 147 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 883 147 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 883 147 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=SSSItiptree/>	This is the largest surviving area of heathland in Essex, and has a number of plants rare in the county. It is dominated by heather and bent grass.<ref name=SSSItiptree>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> A small herd of Dexter cattle help to control the growth of invasive scrub.<ref name=EWTtiptree/>
Tollesbury Wick<ref name=tolles>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Tollesbury Wick	Template:Convert	Tollesbury Template:Coord {{#if:TL 970 103 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 970 103 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 970 103 |name=}}}}	FP		This is coastal freshwater marsh which is grazed by sheep, and is worked by traditional methods which encourage wildlife. Areas of ungrazed rough pasture have badgers, and field voles and pygmy shrews are hunted by hen harriers and short-eared owls.<ref name=tolles/>
Two Tree Island<ref name=TTI>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Two Tree Island	Template:Convert	Leigh-on-Sea Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 824 852 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 824 852 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 824 852 |name=}}}}	YES	NCR,<ref>Ratcliffe, 1977, p. 12</ref><ref name=benfleet>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>NNR,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> SSSI<ref name=benfleet/>	Mudflats provide food for wildfowl such as brent geese, and waders such as dunlins and grey plovers. There are also areas of saltmarsh, grassland, lagoons, scrub and reedbeds. Butterflies include the marbled white, small skipper and Essex skipper.<ref name=TTI/>
Template:AnchorWarley Place<ref name=warley>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Warley Place	Template:Convert	Brentwood Template:Coord {{#if: TQ 583 906|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TQ 583 906_region:GB_scale:25000| TQ 583 906|name=}}}}	YES		In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries this site was the garden of the leading horticulturalist, Ellen Willmott, who planted many plants from all over the world, some of which still survive. There is a line of mature sweet chestnuts, and flowers including daffodils, snowdrops and crocuses.<ref name=warley/>
Weeleyhall Wood<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Weeleyhall Wood	Template:Convert	Weeley Template:Coord {{#if: TM 158 209|{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord| TM 158 209_region:GB_scale:25000| TM 158 209|name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=weeley/>	This site has a variety of woodland types, reflecting diverse soils. It is mainly pedunculate oak over a layer of coppice hazel and sweet chestnut planted in the nineteenth century. There are two ponds and species-rich damp, grassy rides.<ref name=weeley>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
West Wood<ref name=EWTwest>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	West Wood	Template:Convert	Thaxted Template:Coord {{#if:TL 623 333 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 623 333 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 623 333 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=SSSIwest>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The site is ancient woodland on chalky boulder clay and sandy loam. It was mainly elm, but this has died and the wood regenerated naturally with ash. Bramble and dog's mercury dominate the ground layer, with a rich variety of plants in wetter areas, such as oxlip and meadow-sweet.<ref name=SSSIwest/> There are many species of birds and butterflies, and four ponds which have great crested newts, dragonflies and damselflies.<ref name=EWTwest/>
Westhouse Wood<ref name=westhouse>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Anemone nemerosa in Westhouse Wood	Template:Convert	Colchester Template:Coord {{#if:TL 974 271 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TL 974 271 _region:GB_scale:25000|TL 974 271 |name=}}}}	YES		The wood is mainly coppiced hazel, and other tree include small-leaved lime, crab apple, oak, ash, sweet chestnut, field maple and rowan. There are flowering plants such as wood anemones and foxgloves.<ref name=westhouse/>
Woodham Fen<ref name=wfen>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Woodham Fen	Template:Convert	South Woodham Ferrers Template:Coord {{#if:TQ 798 975 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TQ 798 975 _region:GB_scale:25000|TQ 798 975 |name=}}}}	YES	SSSI<ref name=cre1/><ref name=cre2/>	The site lies between two tidal creeks which run into the River Crouch. It has saltmarsh and rough grassland with an unusual transition zone between them. Birds include reed buntings, yellow wagtails and meadow pipits, and there are common lizards and slowworms.<ref name=wfen/>
Wrabness<ref name=wrabnessEWT>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Wrabness	Template:Convert	Wrabness Template:Coord {{#if:TM 167 315 |{{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|TM 167 315 _region:GB_scale:25000|TM 167 315 |name=}}}}	YES	LNR<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	This site has grassland, marsh, scrub and woodland. It has a diverse bird life, such as yellowhammers, common whitethroats, song thrushes and short-eared owls. There are also winter visitors including black-tailed godwits, grey plovers and turnstones.<ref name=wrabnessEWT/>

See also

• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex
• List of Local Nature Reserves in Essex

Sources

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External links

• Essex Wildlife Trust website Template:Webarchive