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Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
51.46245, -0.26172
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Pottia, Marble Screw-moss +32 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Pottia, Marble Screw-moss +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Capital Ring (Section 08) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Boston Manor underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 189 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 (spur) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (33) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
37,244 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 37,244 records · National Biodiversity Network Jackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit +32
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mute Swan Cygnus olor Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Coot Fulica atra Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Greenfinch Chloris chloris Greylag Goose Anser anser Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Red Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 Red Deer Cervus elaphus2025 Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Abax parallelepipedus · Cheilosia grossa +9
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Meliscaeva auricollis Red Dead-nettle · Common Pottia · Marble Screw-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Field-speedwell +29
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Pottia Tortula truncata Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Dandelion Taraxacum Hazel Corylus avellana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 37,244 records · National Biodiversity Network Jackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit +32
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mute Swan Cygnus olor Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Coot Fulica atra Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Greenfinch Chloris chloris Greylag Goose Anser anser Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Red Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 Red Deer Cervus elaphus2025 Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Abax parallelepipedus · Cheilosia grossa +9
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Meliscaeva auricollis Red Dead-nettle · Common Pottia · Marble Screw-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Field-speedwell +29
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Pottia Tortula truncata Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Dandelion Taraxacum Hazel Corylus avellana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis
Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Cuspidate Earth-moss Tortula acaulon
Cuspidate Earth-moss Tortula acaulon
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata
Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
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