Broadleaved woodland near Greenford
3 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.53883, -0.35668
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Pausa — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Pausa — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £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 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
44 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
31,172 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,172 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Coot · Magpie +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre +53
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- Dock Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,172 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Coot · Magpie +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre +53
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- Dock Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coreus marginatus2025
Coreus marginatus2025
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