Shoebury Garrison

28/08/2026

It’s hard to comprehend why anyone would do this 😞

21/08/2026

Residents of an Essex city may hear gunfire next week as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) carries out some scheduled activities at a site nearby.

The MOD site in Shoebury is being used next week and residents may end up hearing work going on - particularly if you live in Southend or the surrounding areas.

QinetiQ, which operates the range in Shoebury on behalf of the MOD, has announced that activities are scheduled to take place on the range. On August 25 and 26, gunfire may be noticed, beginning from 8.30am.

This means that on both days, large calibre gunfire may be noticed by communities in the vicinity of the Thames Estuary. There will also be explosions that may be noticed by communities in the vicinity of the Thames Estuary, such as Southend.

📷Essex Live

13/08/2026

11/08/2026

Please, please refrain from lighting BBQs or fires of any kind. These are banned under SCC's PSPO (Public Space Protection Order) and those who disregard will face large fines.

31/03/2026

No need to panic 😅

20/03/2026

Such a shame to receive messages like this 😞 No respect for anything 🌳 🌳

Thankfully there are plenty of good samaritans out there who help us to make sure the Garrison and Gunners Park are lovely places to live and visit 🙏🏻 Essex Wildlife Trust Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges Nature Reserve

16/02/2026

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Hi all, by popular request a pre-spring update on the Gunners swans. We currently have a pair and a lone individual resident on the lake. It's now the very start of breeding season so we suspect the pair will become more territorial and potentially kick the other lone swan and any other interlopers off.

The female of this pair was born here in 2024 and is the rare 'polish' colour morph, which some of you will remember hatched out white rather than grey. The male she's paired up with did briefly pair up with her mother, the old female swan which lived at Gunners for over a decade raising many lovely cygnets before she was sadly killed by a dog attack in spring 2025.

On that sad note please dear visitors it is so important to keep dogs close to you and to stick to the paths in spring and summer so the birds can raise their young in peace.

On a sunnier note, we're delighted to have a pair once again after last year's tragedy so fingers crossed for swan babies!