Brookes Nature Reserve
Step into this wonderful pocket of ancient woodland and meadows, filled with wildflowers in spring and butterflies in summer.
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Top summer reserves
Top summer reserves
Braintree Local Group
Essex Wildlife Trust's Braintree Local Group runs a range of activities, depending on what our members are interested in doing.
Wildlife mural comes to life at Braintree Village
Essex Wildlife Trust promotes sign ups to nature challenge, 30 Days Wild, with owl mural at Braintree Village.
Summer Wildlife Experiences
Join John Attiwell for a talk on spotting Essex’s butterflies, birds & plants this summer!
A summer of butterfly seeking
Birdwatcher and nature enthusiast, Alan Last, added butterfly seeking to his summer agenda this year. Reporting over 1,500 individuals from June to September, Alan tells us about his experience…
Summer Forest School Upskilling
For anyone who is involved in Forest School sessions at their setting, refresh and improve your skills in our summer session.
Memorial reserve restrictions
Please take a look at our reserve restrictions.
Hanningfield Nature Tots Summer Special
Explore the woods with your toddler and watch them enjoy the forest as summer begins!
Win big in our WILD summer raffle
The big summer raffle
Record numbers of Orchids recorded at Essex reserve
This summer has seen a surge in the number of Orchids growing at Essex Wildlife Trust’s Chafford Gorges Nature Park. Numbers continue to grow year on year, with over a thousand more Orchids…
Stanford Warren Nature Reserve
Walk alongside one of the largest reedbeds in Essex in this Thameside nature reserve and listen out for the famous call of the cuckoo in the summer.