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…

A reserve that heralds a large amount of history and is a fantastic place to witness the wonder of bird migration

Providing panoramic views over the 870 acre reservoir. The Nature Discovery Centre is set in mature woodland and has proved a popular bat roost, with a beautiful carpet of Bluebells in the spring…

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

Just around the corner from The Naze Centre you'll find John Weston Nature Reserve, an important site for passing birds in the spring and autumn

Our new and sustainable Nature Discovery Centre with enhanced facilities is now open to the public. We look forward to welcoming you to our gateway to the Langdon Hills.

Walk along the seawall around these two remote and wild nature reserves, where wildfowl and waders roost in their hundreds over winter and attractive salt marsh plants line the reserve during…

Sloping down to a tributary of the River Ter, this varied landscape is a great place to see Kingfishers and Dragonflies

Visit the largest remaining species-rich water meadow in Essex with its famous display of wildflowers and wonderful mosaic of habitats