Broadleaved woodland near Bush Hill Park
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.62783, -0.07905
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
171 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (12)Cycling route▾
Alternative (step-free) route avoiding railway bridge
Named routeRef (12)Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,013 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,013 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Tufted Duck · House Sparrow · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Blue Tit +35
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Red Fox · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Birch Catkin Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,013 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Tufted Duck · House Sparrow · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Blue Tit +35
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Red Fox · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Birch Catkin Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Events & activities nearby
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