Iron Latch

Iron Latch is a 4.3-hectare (11-acre) nature reserve in Eight Ash Green, west of Colchester in Essex.[1] The site consists of areas of species-rich grassland and ash woodland.Bird's foot trefoil provides food for common blue butterflies, and other butterflies include purple hairstreaks.Nightingales nest in the trees and hedges.[1] There is access from Iron Latch Lane.

OS gridEight Ash GreenColchesterBird's foot trefoilcommon bluepurple hairstreaksNightingalesEssex Wildlife TrustBasildonLangdon Nature ReserveBraintreeBrookes Nature ReserveBrentwoodThorndon Countryside CentreWarley PlaceCastle PointLittle HavenPound WoodTile WoodChelmsfordCrowsheath WoodDanbury RidgeHanningfield ReservoirLittle Waltham MeadowsNewland GrovePhyllis CurrieSandylay and Moat WoodsShotgate ThicketsThrift WoodWoodham FenAbberton ReservoirAbbotts Hall FarmFingringhoe WickLexden Gathering GroundsRoman River ValleySergeants OrchardTiptree HeathWesthouse WoodEpping ForestGernon BushesRoding Valley MeadowsHarlowHunsdon MeadHaveringBedfords ParkCranham MarshIngrebourne ValleyMaldonBlue House FarmBradwell Shell BankChigborough LakesMaldon WickOxley MeadowShut Heath WoodStow Maries HaltTollesbury WickRochfordLion Creek and Lower RaypitsSouthend-on-SeaBelfairsGunners Park and Shoebury RangesTwo Tree IslandTendringCockaynes WoodColne PointCopperas WoodGreat Holland PitsHowlands MarshJohn Weston Nature ReserveThe NazeOakfield WoodSkipper's IslandWrabnessThurrockGrove House WoodLinford WoodChafford Gorges Nature ParkFobbing MarshHorndon MeadowStanford WarrenThurrock Thameside Nature ParkUttlesfordAubrey BuxtonRushy MeadSawbridgeworth MarshShadwell WoodWeeleyhall WoodWest Wood