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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 265m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 265m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +82 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Feather-moss, Common Cord-moss +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Feather-moss, Common Cord-moss +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 344 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,598 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,598 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +42
Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · 7-spot Ladybird +23
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,598 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +42
Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · 7-spot Ladybird +23
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2025
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2025
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2025
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica2025
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2025
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025 