Broadleaved woodland near Mill Meads 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
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51.53132, -0.00231
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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 269m 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 269m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
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 51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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
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Cycleway 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C22 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 64 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 64 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 12 Local cycle route
Show on map Leaway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
42,776 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 42,776 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard +29
Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Teal Anas crecca Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Aspidapion aeneum · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug +36
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Aspidapion aeneum Aspidapion aeneum Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 42,776 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard +29
Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Teal Anas crecca Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Aspidapion aeneum · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug +36
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Aspidapion aeneum Aspidapion aeneum Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Formica cunicularia
Formica cunicularia
Formica cunicularia
Formica cunicularia
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Small Black Ant Lasius niger
Small Black Ant Lasius niger
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Holcostethus sphacelatus Holcostethus sphacelatus2025
Holcostethus sphacelatus Holcostethus sphacelatus2025
Elder Aphid Aphis (Aphis) sambuci
Elder Aphid Aphis (Aphis) sambuci
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Glocianus punctiger Glocianus punctiger
Glocianus punctiger Glocianus punctiger
Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor
Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor
Peritrechus lundii Peritrechus lundii
Peritrechus lundii Peritrechus lundii
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Scatopse notata Scatopse notata
Scatopse notata Scatopse notata
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Pteroxanium kelloggi Pteroxanium kelloggi
Pteroxanium kelloggi Pteroxanium kelloggi
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Otiorhynchus indefinitus Otiorhynchus indefinitus
Otiorhynchus indefinitus Otiorhynchus indefinitus
Peripsocus milleri Peripsocus milleri
Peripsocus milleri Peripsocus milleri
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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