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Places › England › London › Wandsworth Getting here
51.47754, -0.16394
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 220m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 220m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +256 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +256 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map link to West Dulwich station Walking route ▾
signposted link from West Dulwich station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C link Regional walking route
Show on map 389 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Formula E pace car, Battersea Park
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16,069 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,069 records · National Biodiversity Network Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Mallard · Magpie +29
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Greylag Goose Anser anser Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +32
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Green Shieldbug Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Ivy Broomrape
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,069 records · National Biodiversity Network Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Mallard · Magpie +29
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Greylag Goose Anser anser Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +32
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Green Shieldbug Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Ivy Broomrape
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta
White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta
Fabricius' Nomad Bee Nomada fabriciana
Fabricius' Nomad Bee Nomada fabriciana
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2025
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025
Macrosteles Macrosteles2025
Macrosteles Macrosteles2025