Queen's Wood - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.57429, -0.12368
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — 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 32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 138 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional cycle route
Show on map Regent's Canal Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map River Lee Navigation Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Approaching the former Crouch End Railway station
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Bookable tours Wildlife to spot
35,824 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 35,824 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin +37
Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Nuthatch Sitta europaea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tawny Owl Strix aluco Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Platycheirus scutatus · Eupeodes luniger · Dark-edged Bee-fly +9
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 35,824 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin +37
Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Nuthatch Sitta europaea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tawny Owl Strix aluco Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Platycheirus scutatus · Eupeodes luniger · Dark-edged Bee-fly +9
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Epuraea aestiva Epuraea aestiva2025
Epuraea aestiva Epuraea aestiva2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 