Birdbrook - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.44811, 0.01593
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 152m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 152m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 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 km 55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Silk Mill Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 315 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C33 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 1 Cycling route ▾
Link between NCN 1 and Crossharbour DLR station
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
26,325 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,325 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +33
Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Embidopsocus enderleini · Notiophilus rufipes +27
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Embidopsocus enderleini Embidopsocus enderleini Notiophilus rufipes Notiophilus rufipes2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,325 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +33
Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Embidopsocus enderleini · Notiophilus rufipes +27
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Embidopsocus enderleini Embidopsocus enderleini Notiophilus rufipes Notiophilus rufipes2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Viridicerus ustulatus Viridicerus ustulatus
Viridicerus ustulatus Viridicerus ustulatus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Cerylon ferrugineum Cerylon ferrugineum
Cerylon ferrugineum Cerylon ferrugineum
Ptinella aptera Ptinella aptera
Ptinella aptera Ptinella aptera
Stenamma debile Stenamma debile
Stenamma debile Stenamma debile
Rhizophagus bipustulatus Rhizophagus bipustulatus2025
Rhizophagus bipustulatus Rhizophagus bipustulatus2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
Raglius alboacuminatus Raglius alboacuminatus2025
Raglius alboacuminatus Raglius alboacuminatus2025
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus2025
Dyroderes umbraculatus Dyroderes umbraculatus2025
Parabathyscia wollastoni Parabathyscia wollastoni2025
Parabathyscia wollastoni Parabathyscia wollastoni2025
Trechus quadristriatus Trechus quadristriatus2025
Trechus quadristriatus Trechus quadristriatus2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Melinopterus prodromus Melinopterus prodromus2025
Melinopterus prodromus Melinopterus prodromus2025
Red Ant Myrmica rubra2025
Red Ant Myrmica rubra2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis2025
Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Viburnum Scale Lichtensia viburni2025
Viburnum Scale Lichtensia viburni2025 