John Weston Nature Reserve

It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

[1] This site is named after its former warden, who died in 1984.

It has rough grassland, blackthorn and bramble scrub and four ponds.

Nesting birds include the lesser and common whitethroat, and there are flora such as slender thistle, pepper saxifrage and fenugreek.

[1] There is access from Naze Park Road.