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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome148 ha
Getting here
51.54154, 0.18331
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 260m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 260m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Green Chain Walk section 1Walking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 24)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 68Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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
12,400 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,400 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Coot · Magpie · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwanCygnus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marsh Frog · Common Toad
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,400 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Coot · Magpie · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwanCygnus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marsh Frog · Common Toad
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Events & activities nearby
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