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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.49556, -0.25709
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Heisenberg Coffee Company — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Heisenberg Coffee Company — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Robin, Coot +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Robin, Coot +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, Epistrophe eligans, Harlequin Ladybird +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
196 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route ■Cycling route▾
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Route ■Cycling route▾
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Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
77,629 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
77,629 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Coot · Grey Heron · Great Tit · Magpie +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syritta pipiens · Melanostoma scalare +4
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,629 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Coot · Grey Heron · Great Tit · Magpie +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syritta pipiens · Melanostoma scalare +4
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
