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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.25503, -0.15946
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 124m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 124m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Downlands Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Catherham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South MersthamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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Weather for this location
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Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
72,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
72,618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Coot · Great Crested Grebe +47
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Bat · Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- BatChiroptera
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Silver Fish +9
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Bulrush
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
72,618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Coot · Great Crested Grebe +47
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Bat · Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- BatChiroptera
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Silver Fish +9
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Bulrush
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Events & activities nearby
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