Wick Field - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.56236, -0.03663
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
- ☕The WaterWorks — 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
- ☕The WaterWorks — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
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 km37 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
223 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripPrivate
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
Cycleway 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C11Regional cycle route
LCN 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Photos
Boardwalk at Waterworks Nature Reserve
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Wildlife to spot
74,394 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
74,394 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Coot · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House Mouse · Wood Mouse · Field Vole · Red Fox
- House MouseMus musculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects51 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil +46
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
74,394 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Coot · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House Mouse · Wood Mouse · Field Vole · Red Fox
- House MouseMus musculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects51 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil +46
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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