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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.32864, -0.27335
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 262m away — 2 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 262m away — 2 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 61 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 61 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 490 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 490 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32Local cycle route
LCN 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Local cycle route
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
LCN 76 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (76)Local cycle route
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Road leading up to St Joseph's Church
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Wildlife to spot
43,475 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
43,475 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Jackdaw +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +20
- HornetVespa crabro
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
Alder Buckthorn
- Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,475 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Jackdaw +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +20
- HornetVespa crabro
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
Alder Buckthorn
- Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
White-legged Damselfly
White-legged Damselfly
Platycnemis pennipes
Platycnemis pennipes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaPopulicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatusAphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralisTremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulaeBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis