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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.59383, -0.12670
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕East Court Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕East Court Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named routeLocal walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Enfield Chase to Arnos Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
Cycleway 21Cycling route▾
Finished Cycleway route will run from Meridian Water to Enfield Town
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Enfield local cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
45,001 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,001 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Great Tit · Robin · Nuthatch +18
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Suillia variegata +4
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- DorcatomaDorcatoma
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,001 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Great Tit · Robin · Nuthatch +18
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Suillia variegata +4
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- DorcatomaDorcatoma
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
