Wild Lives

We are asking you to help use find some of the more unusual and harder to spot wildlife around Colchester. We know we have these animals and plants at different sites, but sometimes we have not seen them for a while, and there are even some we are not sure are still there. Other plants or animals on our big five for the sites are iconic must sees!  

So if you fancy a wildlife challenge, see if you can undertake the Big Five safaris on different sites around Colchester  

Download the Big 5 Safari worksheet (PDF, 11.4MB)

Salary Brook (post code CO4 3SE)  

• Sneezewort
• Devils bit Scabious
• Wall Butterfly
• Red eyed damselfly  
• Southern hawker dragon fly 

If you fancy finding more Big Five – try to find the big five at Middle Weir (nearest post code C01 1XL)