Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome138 ha
Getting here
51.53292, 0.16570
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 273m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 273m 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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +29 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
link to Abbey Wood stationWalking route▾
Signed link from Abbey Wood station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Green Chain Walk section 1Walking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Green Chain Walk section 2Walking route▾
"Enjoy a panoramic view of the Thames estuary at Erith before heading up to high climes at Bostall Woods and London's hidden heathland."
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
The RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
134 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
LCN 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18Local cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,222 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,222 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly · 2-spot Ladybird +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,222 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly · 2-spot Ladybird +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Trichius gallicusTrichius gallicus2025Trichius gallicusTrichius gallicus2025Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus2025Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Events & activities nearby
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