Royal Blackheath Golf Course
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Getting here
51.44323, 0.05738
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for 4 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Free Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +45 more · last seen 2026
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾ A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾ Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾ alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾ signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Silk Mill Path Walking route ▾ Named route Local walking route
Show on map 161 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Cycling route ▾ NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 33 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref C33 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾ Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 17 (obsolete) Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 17
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Wildlife to spot
28,636 records from NBN Atlas
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Wildlife to spot 28,636 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin
+47 more species Hide species list All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Teal Anas crecca Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 Common Frog
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird
+43 more species Hide species list All 48 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Embidopsocus enderleini Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,636 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin
+47 more species Hide species list All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Teal Anas crecca Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 Common Frog
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird
+43 more species Hide species list All 48 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Embidopsocus enderleini Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Embidopsocus enderleini
Embidopsocus enderleini
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Notiophilus rufipes Notiophilus rufipes2025
Notiophilus rufipes Notiophilus rufipes2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Cerylon ferrugineum Cerylon ferrugineum
Cerylon ferrugineum Cerylon ferrugineum
Stenamma debile Stenamma debile
Stenamma debile Stenamma debile
Ptinella aptera Ptinella aptera
Ptinella aptera Ptinella aptera
Rhizophagus bipustulatus Rhizophagus bipustulatus2025
Rhizophagus bipustulatus Rhizophagus bipustulatus2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
Raglius alboacuminatus Raglius alboacuminatus2025
Raglius alboacuminatus Raglius alboacuminatus2025
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus2025
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus2025
Parabathyscia wollastoni Parabathyscia wollastoni2025
Parabathyscia wollastoni Parabathyscia wollastoni2025
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina2025
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina2025
Melinopterus prodromus Melinopterus prodromus2025
Melinopterus prodromus Melinopterus prodromus2025
Trechus quadristriatus Trechus quadristriatus2025
Trechus quadristriatus Trechus quadristriatus2025
Trioza remota Trioza remota2025
Trioza remota Trioza remota2025
Red Ant Myrmica rubra2025
Red Ant Myrmica rubra2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis2025
Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Tachina fera Tachina fera2025
Tachina fera Tachina fera2025
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2025
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Dull Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops tibialis2025
Dull Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops tibialis2025
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus2025
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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