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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Southwark Getting here
51.48734, -0.08796
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Rose Chafer +111 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Rose Chafer +111 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Black Horehound, Common Reed, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +99 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Black Horehound, Common Reed, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Small Nettle, Hazel +6 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 11 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C11 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
31,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,281 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Rock Dove · Mallard +26
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird +6
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss +20
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,281 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Rock Dove · Mallard +26
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird +6
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss +20
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola fenestralis2025
Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola fenestralis2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025 Wall Feather-moss
Wall Feather-moss
Rhynchostegium murale
Rhynchostegium murale
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Sphaerocarpos Sphaerocarpos
Sphaerocarpos Sphaerocarpos
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica 