Broadleaved woodland near Merton
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40976, -0.18353
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
- ☕Barn Owl Cafe — 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
- ☕Barn Owl Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wandle-Oaks LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tooting Common parkrunWalking route▾
Named routeParkrun
Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood GroveWalking route▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
220 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed)Cycling route▾
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 74Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 74Local cycle route
Tamsin TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
LCN 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24Local cycle route
Photos
Green area by Phipps Bridge Road, Merton
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Wildlife to spot
44,734 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
44,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Epistrophe eligans · Large Willow Aphid · Southern Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Melanostoma scalare +10
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Spring Crocus · Snowdrop · Red Dead-nettle
- Spring CrocusCrocus vernus
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Epistrophe eligans · Large Willow Aphid · Southern Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Melanostoma scalare +10
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Spring Crocus · Snowdrop · Red Dead-nettle
- Spring CrocusCrocus vernus
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas