Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome 81 ha
Getting here
51.47919, -0.15717
Open directionsv Battersea Park is a 200-acre (83-hectare) green space at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in London. It is situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea and was opened in 1858.
Read more on Wikipedia → Park Grade II* listed park and garden c. 1858
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Tea Terrace — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Tea Terrace — a good base for a longer summer day out ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +43 more · last seen 2026
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 +257 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: War memorial of the 24th Division, Battersea Park; Historic site
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 35 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 415 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 Bowling Green, Battersea Park
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Wildlife to spot
13,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,190 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Grey Heron · Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +29
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 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 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 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 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 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 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 40 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +35
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 Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy Broomrape
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,190 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Grey Heron · Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +29
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 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 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 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 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 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 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 40 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +35
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 Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy Broomrape
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
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
Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida
Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida
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
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
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025 