This page was updated on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 17:57:07 GMT OVERVIEW
Reports on four different streams of reports on Wildlife Walks around the Park can be accessed through the links on this page:
Monthly Wildlife Walks - first held in February 2020 Annual Bird Song Walks - first held in March 2014 Bat Walks - Two Bat Walks were held in 2017 Autumn Walks - first held in October 2021, when it was linked to the much-delayed AGM as a result of the pandemic. It has now become an event in its own right.
Useful Reference Information
For further information about any of the wildlife referenced on this page - or any other sighting of your own - please refer to The Wildlife Trust's Wildlife Exlorer
For help with identifying common bird's songs please refer to The Wildlife Trust's Bird Song Identifier
The RSPB's Bird Finder is also a very useful resource.
Please also see our own Flora and Fauna Page ; this page, which is already quite comprensive, is still a 'work in progress'. Contributions from visitors to the park are openly invited - please email your comments to
the webmaster
For help with identifying insects - please see the Amateur Entomologists' Society's Website , which provides a very useful reference source to help to identify and study
insects found at the Park
For local expertise, please visit the Wickford Wildlife Society's Website . The WWS is a local wildlife group that provides a programme of nature-related events and talks. Members
of the group also provide critical support for our Nature Quest / Nature Day events , lead the monthly wildlife walks and now also the annual
Bird Song Walk , and are major contributors to this page on our website.
Enjoy a sociable and leisurely walk of approx
1 - 1.5 hours around the Park, led by Martin Singleton, and assisted by other experts from the Wickford Wildlife Society. to watch and listen to the varied
wildlife in the Park. If you come throughout the year you may be amazed at the changing patterns of sightings throughout the seasons. For details of future walks in this series please see
this page .
Available Reports
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For details of future walks in this series please see
this page .
2023 Event (Sunday May 14th 2023)
Please note that the events scheduled for both 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic, and the event for 2022 was cancelled because
both the organiser and the substitute organiser had tested positive for Covid .
2019 Event (Sunday 28th April)
2018 Event (Sunday 8th April)
2017 Event (Sunday 9th April)
2016 Event (Sunday 10th April)
2015 Event (Sunday 12th April)
2014 Event (Sunday 6th March)
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Event held on 6th August 2022 . A report can also be found on the third page of
Skylarks Issue 69 .
Event held on 29th September 2017
Event held on 20th May 2017
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For details of future walks in this series please see
this page .
2023 Event (Sunday October 1st 2023)
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