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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Cafe S&N — 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Cafe S&N — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 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 +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Minotaur Beetle, Syrphus ribesii +15 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Minotaur Beetle, Syrphus ribesii +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Springy Turf-moss, Wood Bristle-moss +10 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Springy Turf-moss, Wood Bristle-moss +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 28 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Brent River Park footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Hanwell station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path - northern Bank public footpath · 7 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 7 m Incline up Path type: path
Show on map Thames Path - northern Bank public footpath · 51 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 51 m Path type: path
Show on map Thames Path - northern Bank public footpath · 210 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 210 m Path type: footway
Show on map 114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 (spur) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (33) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 34 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (34) Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C34 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
45,884 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 45,884 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Jackdaw · Robin +35
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Bittern Botaurus stellaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redwing Turdus iliacus Teal Anas crecca Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Gadwall Mareca strepera Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 15 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Saissetia coffeae · Dark-edged Bee-fly +10
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii Saissetia coffeae Saissetia coffeae Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Small Nettle · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Common Pincushion +5
Small Nettle Urtica urens Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Lateral Cryphaea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 45,884 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Jackdaw · Robin +35
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Bittern Botaurus stellaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redwing Turdus iliacus Teal Anas crecca Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Gadwall Mareca strepera Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 15 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Saissetia coffeae · Dark-edged Bee-fly +10
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii Saissetia coffeae Saissetia coffeae Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Small Nettle · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Common Pincushion +5
Small Nettle Urtica urens Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Lateral Cryphaea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pine Ladybird
Pine Ladybird
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Pseudococcus longispinus Pseudococcus longispinus
Pseudococcus longispinus Pseudococcus longispinus
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Australian Carpet Beetle Anthrenocerus australis
Australian Carpet Beetle Anthrenocerus australis
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus fuscus
Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus fuscus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Plagiolepis alluaudi Plagiolepis alluaudi
Plagiolepis alluaudi Plagiolepis alluaudi Cryphaea heteromalla
Cryphaea heteromalla
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica 