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Wild Essex - Bringing Nature To You

Wivenhoe based nature group run by Chris and Jude Gibson.

Walks, talks, nature experiences for all - Bringing Nature to you :) Message Jude for more info or email [email protected]

11/08/2024

Sue at Wivenhoe bookshop is kindly arranging a launch for Chris ' wildflower ID guide on Sat 7 Sept in St Mary's Annex. Tickets £6 including drink. Tickets via the shop website. Hope to see you there! https://www.wivenhoebooks.com/

09/08/2024

Sitting on the southern edge of Colchester, the Middlewick Ranges is a former Ministry of Defence firing range that has become a much-loved wildlife space in an increasingly congested city. Locally known as ‘the Wick’, this 76ha mosaic of flowery acid grassland, sandy slopes, scrub, woodland and...

31/05/2024

Well it's here! A beautiful new step-by step pocket guide to help identify many of our most familiar and beloved Wild Flowers and Plants. Packed full of detailed photos and information.

We have a stock to sell for discounted price of £10 (RRP £12.99). Collection from us in person (or on one of our events) or delivery to Wivenhoe addresses only (ie we are not able to post out copies). Chris, as one of authors, is happy to sign copies too. :)

Also available from a good book shop near you/Amazon etc of course!
Message me if you would like further details or email jmgibson1959@btinternet or text 07503240387

05/05/2024

We have been enjoying our Weekend of Wildlife in Wivenhoe - woodland walk yesterday plus a dawn chorus this morning. Lots of interest in addition to the woodland flora yesterday including - bugs and butterflies, plus evidence of the recently arrived chestnut gall wasp on Sweet Chestnut Dryocosmus kuriphilus.
The Nightingales along the trail this morning were magical and good to hear quite a chorus of Song Thrushes.

01/04/2024

Look out for Chris' new flower guide out soon....😉

13/02/2024

Thoroughly enjoyed our first WildEssex walk of the year yesterday, through parts of Wivenhoe woods and down to the estuary. Thanks to all who joined us. Next outing 15th March looking for Signs of Spring. Get in touch if you would like to book a place.

01/01/2024

2024 is off to a flying start with our traditional NYD plant hunt. 34 species recorded in the hour and data fed into national BSBI database. Happy New Year everyone!

24/12/2023

Wishing a Merry Christmas and Happy and Peaceful New Year to all our followers. Hope to see you in '24. Love Chris & Jude x

13/12/2023

At last, earlier today we hit 'SEND' on this! The birth wasn't easy and brought on sooner than expected by the realization two weeks ago that our 'Xmas' deadline was actually 11th December!! But 8x18 hour days and we finally made it. Due 12th March...watch this space!

15/10/2023

Lovely WildEssex walk yesterday along our wonderful Colne estuary. Bright sunshine, saltmarsh plants in full colour plus birds and fungi. For details of future walks just get in touch.

30/09/2023

If you have ever wanted to find out more about the vast variety of galls that can be found on leaves and buds of many trees and other plants, why not tune in for our free zoom presentation on Sunday 1s Oct at 7pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89985211957?pwd=2CXLbN5PsVPtHRJLDVkkJJhsKRMCoc.1

Meeting ID: 899 8521 1957
Passcode: zjD7y7

Or message us for more info . Chris and Jude Gibson 0750324087

21/08/2023

If anyone would like the chance to look at the insects and other wildlife of Beth Chatto’s Garden with Chris, he is planning a series of ‘Meet the Wandering Naturalist’ events (weather permitting!). Next one 1st September, between 1100 and 1300. No need to book, just come to the garden (normal entry price applies) and ask at the Visitor Information Centre where he will be and when, and come along and find him!

24/07/2023

Enjoyable and very mothy morning at Beth Chatto's garden on Saturday. Thanks to all who came along. Three highlights..Pebble Prominent, Rosy Footman and Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing. For more photos check out the blog on www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk

13/07/2023

WildEssex visited Wrabness yesterday. Lots of interesting nature, good weather, great company! Thanks everyone x

08/07/2023

Another enjoyable group walk to Lower Lodge this morning. As we have come to expect from this special place, lots of plants and insects to be found. Thanks to all who came along. (Illustrated blog to follow...)

01/07/2023

If you enjoy nature why not join us next Sat 8th July for a couple of hours' stroll around Lower Lodge, Wivenhoe. We'll be looking at the flowers, listening for birds, and in particular making a list of all the insect species we find for our annual survey. 10am - 12 noon. £10 per person. Please get in touch to book a place/more info. Thanks Jude and Chris Gibson 07503240387

29/06/2023

Fun evening on KGV last night for our 'Wild Essex Stag Night and Summer Social'! Stag beetles, bats and moths. Together with nature walks and convivial chat. Thanks to everyone who dropped by! If you would like to come along to our walk on Lower Lodge on Sat 8th July 10 - 12 please let me know. (£10 per person).

16/06/2023

Beth Chatto garden looking good in the sun this morning 🌞

02/06/2023

For butterfly fans, we are arranging an afternoon walk in Hockley Woods , near Southend on Thurs 15th June. This is largest continuous block of ancient woodlands in East Anglia. Famous for Heath Fritillary Butterflies, at their peak at this time, plus a whole range of other insects and flowers. Half day £20 per person. Meet at lunchtime and spend the afternoon with us. Contact me if you would like further info. 07503240387 Jude Gibson

09/05/2023

An exciting find at East Grove, Wrabness. Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle, very few Essex records.

04/05/2023

Lovely morning on Barrier Marsh, Wivenhoe, with lots to see including Changing Forget-me-not, Meadow Foxtail grass, Neon-striped Tortoise-beetle plus a 'zombie' ladybird, hiding and indeed protecting its nemesis, the parasitic wasp Dinocampus, that has been eating out its body contents but is now pupating under the paralysed body. :0

27/04/2023

Check out our latest Nature Newsletter with details of our up coming events, plus lots of photos and other nature news. Get in touch if you would like more info. Jude and Chris Gibson

25/04/2023

First Gorse Shieldbugs of the year in Wivenhoe this morning. Pretty well disguised on their food plant.

23/04/2023

Have enjoyed getting out and about in Wivenhoe Woods this weekend checking out the wonderful wildlife especially our fabulous native bluebells. Thanks to our enthusiastic groups for their company :)

15/04/2023

Enjoyable morning with group of wildlife fans at the wonderful 'secret' garden Springmead, Brightlingsea, followed by coffee and cake at a private garden which the owners are turning into a wildlife haven🙂. Finished the morning with a welcome pint at Railway Tavern Brightlingsea. Friendly staff including resident cat and dog :)

27/03/2023

A few pictures from our walk from Manningtree to Mistley today, preceded by good lunch in The Crown Manningtree . Blog to follow...

22/02/2023

Enjoyable morning with our group at Cockayne's Nature reserve, looking for Signs of Spring. We weren't disappointed!

19/02/2023

On my way to running a Birdwatching for Beginners walk at Burnham on Crouch today, I took the opportunity to do something I have been meaning to do for nearly 40 years, to visit the so-called 'petrified ' forest of Dengie, the amazing Mundon Oaks. Aged at somewhere around 800 or 900, these oaks died standing in middle age several centuries ago, probably as a result of saltwater incursion from the Blackwater. That has to some extent preserved the trunks, though they are now showing the wear and tear of the centuries, and bits are dropping off. My advice if you want to see them, don't leave it four decades like I did:, by then they may exist only in photos and the collective Essex memory ...

11/02/2023

Chris will be giving a talk for Lawford Horticultural Soc on the subject of Wildlife and Conservation of the Essex Coast at 7.30 on Thurs 16th in Ogilvie Hall, Lawford. Guests are welcome, and as a way of supporting the club Raffle tickets will be on sale.

10/02/2023

A bit further from home today...we are beating Covid! Beth Chatto's garden as always provided a tranquil place to be healed by nature. A few photos to enjoy.....

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Incoming .... presumably a blackbird from Scandinavia trying to muscle in on a resident bird. Watch this video from our daughter in Clacton, Essex, taken on a NatureSpy wildlife camera.