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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

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9 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, 24-spot Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, 24-spot Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

27 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shenley Route 5Walking route

Named routeRef 5Local walking route

Baird Closepublic footpath · 30 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

49 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN+ link 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

48,690 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

48,690 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds97 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Red Kite · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Mallard +92

Red KiteMilvus milvus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GadwallMareca strepera
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SwallowHirundo rustica
SwiftApus apus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common GullLarus canus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common TernSterna hirundo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RedshankTringa totanus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
CuckooCuculus canorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2024
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

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Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects57 species

autumn

2026

Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · 24-spot Ladybird · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata · Common Earwig +52

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
CaliroaCaliroa2025
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata2024

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Plants18 species

spring

2025

Common Smoothcap · Pedunculate Oak · Tufted Hair-grass · Marsh-marigold · Narrow Buckler-fern +13

Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2024
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

48,690 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds97 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Red Kite · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Mallard +92

Red KiteMilvus milvus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GadwallMareca strepera
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SwallowHirundo rustica
SwiftApus apus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common GullLarus canus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common TernSterna hirundo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RedshankTringa totanus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
CuckooCuculus canorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2024
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects57 species

autumn

2026

Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · 24-spot Ladybird · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata · Common Earwig +52

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
CaliroaCaliroa2025
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata2024

🌿

Plants18 species

spring

2025

Common Smoothcap · Pedunculate Oak · Tufted Hair-grass · Marsh-marigold · Narrow Buckler-fern +13

Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2024
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nigel Cox · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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