Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome115 ha
Getting here
51.47920, -0.15717
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
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
- ☕Tea Terrace — 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
- ☕Tea Terrace — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +43 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +258 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tooting Common parkrunWalking route▾
Named routeParkrun
Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
link to West Dulwich stationWalking route▾
signposted link from West Dulwich station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-C linkRegional walking route
415 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3Cycling route▾
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Bowling Green, Battersea Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,190 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Heron · Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +29
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects40 species
springautumn
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +35
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Silver-moss · Ivy Broomrape
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,190 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Heron · Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +29
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects40 species
springautumn
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +35
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Silver-moss · Ivy Broomrape
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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