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51.43284, -0.46565
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe +81 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Epistrophe eligans, Red-legged Shieldbug +85 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus, Epistrophe eligans, Red-legged Shieldbug +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Green Hound's-tongue · last seen 2025; Plants — Green Hound's-tongue · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Hatton Cross Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
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Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
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Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 34 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 34 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 30 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
51,118 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 51,118 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard +47
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta2025 Scaup Aythya marila2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Black Tern Chlidonias niger2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · 2-spot Ladybird · Saucer Bug · Rose Chafer +13
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 51,118 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard +47
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta2025 Scaup Aythya marila2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Black Tern Chlidonias niger2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · 2-spot Ladybird · Saucer Bug · Rose Chafer +13
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Stenolophus mixtus Stenolophus mixtus2025
Stenolophus mixtus Stenolophus mixtus2025
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis2025
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis2025
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus2025
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus2025
Rhizophagus perforatus Rhizophagus perforatus2025
Rhizophagus perforatus Rhizophagus perforatus2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Bombadier Beetle Brachinus crepitans2025
Bombadier Beetle Brachinus crepitans2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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