Wildlife & Animals

There is plenty of wildlife, animals and nature options available, from bird and seal watching to a local petting farm at Herri’s in Clacton and international breeding programmes at Colchester Zoo

Local wildlife spots:

Holland Haven Country Park, Holland  

Hamford Water National Nature Reserve, Walton 

Colne Point Nature Reserve, St Osyth

The Naze Nature Reserve, Walton

Brightlingsea Marsh National Nature Reserve, Brightlingsea  

Essex Wildlife Trust Great Holland Pitts, Great Holland  

Weeley Hall Woods, Clacton

Cockaynes Wood & Wivenhoe Woods, Wivenhoe

Colne Local Nature Reserve  

Wrabness Nature Reserve

Cattawade Nature Reserve, Manningtree

Oakfield Wood, Manningtree 

RSPB Stour Estuary   

Slightly further afield:

RSPB Flatford Wildlife Garden, Dedham

East Mersea Flats, Mersea

Cudmore Grove Country Park, Mersea

Essex Wildlife Trust Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park, Colchester   

Essex Wildlife Trust Abberton Reservoir, Colchester 

Nature Discovery Park, Colchester