New on this website: wildlife walks all over Essex and east London – for map click here. These will be available later this year in book form and as an app for the iPhone.

Here you will also find details of more than 250 wild places for you to visit. Click here for a map with links to wild places in different parts of Essex and east London. All this is also available in book form – Explore Wild Essex – plus additional information including detailed maps of each site. For details click here.

Everyone with a garden or even just a window box can make a difference for wildlife. For ideas on what you can do click here. For lists of plants that are valuable for wildlife, click below:

• Nectar plants
• Butterfly food plants
• Night-scented plants
• Plants for bees
• Shrubs
• Small trees
• Hedges
• Meadows
• Woodland edges
• Pond plants
• Ground cover

Essex has more wildlife than most people think, including many who live in Essex. The descriptions of wild places mention some of the species you are likely to see there. Click the links for more detail or, if you want to look up a particular species or just browse around information about wildlife, click here.