Spotters Guide

Spotters guide: wonderful wildflowers

Get out in the Essex Country Parks and spot some wonderful wildflowers

By early summer many open spaces are bursting with colour and life in those areas that have been left untouched, meaning a stunning variety of wildflowers can grow unchecked. These grasslands and meadows are incredibly important for encouraging biodiversity and supporting those all-important pollinators, as well as being incredibly beautiful and picturesque. We’ve pulled together some of the wildflowers you are likely to find in the Essex Country Parks, as recommended by our rangers.

Bee Orchids Cow Parsley Ox-Eye Daisy

Birdsfoot Trefoil Foxglove Poppy

Common Gorse Grass Vetchling Red Bartisa

Cornflower Greater Stitchwort Scabious

Photography in the parks

With photographer Andrew Adams

Andrew Adams is a resident of Brentwood and a long time Explore Essex contributor who enjoys nothing more than trekking and photographing the flora and fauna found within our amazing parks across the county. He is an experienced and multifaceted photographer with interests in wildlife, landscape and street photography.

These stunning photos were taken at Essex Country Parks. With summer about to come, why not visit your local country park and keep your eyes peeled for woodpeckers, ducklings, dragonflies, bluebells and more when you visit.

We would love to see your wildlife photos at our parks – if you would like to see your images featured in our next edition, email us at Marketing.ExploreEssex@essex.gov.uk