Broadleaved woodland near South Harrow
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.55679, -0.36496
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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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
Signed route nearby
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stanmore to the Thames Cycle RouteCycling route▾
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 88aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 88aLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
LCN 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
22,400 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,400 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Collared Dove · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +31
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Feral Cat +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Adder
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Vine Weevil · Box Bug +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Syrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,400 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Collared Dove · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +31
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Feral Cat +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Adder
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Vine Weevil · Box Bug +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Syrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus2025
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