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Aldenham Country Park

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCampsiteParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +48 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

30 signed routes nearby · 25 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

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

Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Reservoir Roadpublic footpath · 97 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 97 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN+ link 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

36,450 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,450 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2025

Ring-necked Parakeet · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Robin +47

Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great TitParus major
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
TealAnas crecca
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
BuzzardButeo buteo
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects45 species

autumn

2026

22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata +40

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
CaliroaCaliroa2025
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Pedunculate Oak

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,450 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2025

Ring-necked Parakeet · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Robin +47

Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great TitParus major
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
TealAnas crecca
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
BuzzardButeo buteo
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects45 species

autumn

2026

22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata +40

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
CaliroaCaliroa2025
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Pedunculate Oak

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nigel Cox · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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