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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.49613, -0.31800
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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
- ☕Blondin Cafe — 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
- ☕Blondin Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
92 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Poppies in Blondin Park nature reserve
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Wildlife to spot
46,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
46,112 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Mallard +30
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +12
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Syrphus ribesii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,112 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Mallard +30
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +12
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Syrphus ribesii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurata