Eltham Common - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Greenwich Getting here
51.48118, 0.06655
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 ☕ Queen’s Diner — 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 ☕ Queen’s Diner — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 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 57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 310 signed routes nearby
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The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,398 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,398 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +39
Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Squirrel · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Bat Chiroptera Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Red-legged Shieldbug 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Cord-moss · Common Feather-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,398 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +39
Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Squirrel · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Bat Chiroptera Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Red-legged Shieldbug 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Cord-moss · Common Feather-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2025
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2025
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica2025
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2025
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis2025
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis2025
Fine Streaked Bugkin Miris striatus2025
Fine Streaked Bugkin Miris striatus2025
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica2025
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri2025
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025 