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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Camden Getting here
51.55224, -0.16267
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Royal Cafe & Sandwhich bar — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Royal Cafe & Sandwhich bar — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Starling, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Starling, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +58 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Skullcap, Water Mint · last seen 2025; Plants — Skullcap, Water Mint · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map 207 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Regent's Canal Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Grand Union Canal towpath Cycling route ▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 5 link Cycling route ▾
Marylebone Station link
Named route Ref (5) Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Walking in the Belsize Wood Nature Reserve
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Wildlife to spot
45,192 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 45,192 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Starling · Coot · Moorhen · Robin · Woodpigeon +37
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Alpine Newt · Common Toad
Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Toad Bufo bufo Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +22
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Marmalade Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 45,192 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Starling · Coot · Moorhen · Robin · Woodpigeon +37
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Alpine Newt · Common Toad
Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Toad Bufo bufo Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +22
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Marmalade Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Phaonia Phaonia
Phaonia Phaonia
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata 