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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
51.49021, -0.31941
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Boston Manor House Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Boston Manor House Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: BOSTON MANOR HOUSE, BOSTON MANOR PARK
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 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
90 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
LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
45,201 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
45,201 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Jay +28
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,201 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Jay +28
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurata