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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.66345, -0.27851
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 121m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 121m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Starling +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Starling +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Box Tree Moth, Speckled Wood +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Ash, Giant Hogweed +149 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Ver Valley Walk 8Walking route▾
The Confluence Walk
Named routeRef Ver 8Local walking route
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wentbridge Pathpublic footpath · 60 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 60 mPath type: residential
Goodwood Pathpublic footpath · 40 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 40 mPath type: footway
Wentbridge Pathpublic footpath · 3 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mPath type: footway
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Jubilee Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef JLocal cycle route
LCN 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Shenley CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN12 Proposed alternative routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,235 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,235 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blackbird · Pied Wagtail +31
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Rosemary Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +16
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Silver-moss · Giant Hogweed · Medium-flowered Winter-cress
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Medium-flowered Winter-cressBarbarea intermedia2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,235 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blackbird · Pied Wagtail +31
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Rosemary Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +16
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Silver-moss · Giant Hogweed · Medium-flowered Winter-cress
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Medium-flowered Winter-cressBarbarea intermedia2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2024Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2022Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2022Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula202224-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202224-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2022Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2022Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2021Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2021Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021