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🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.41743, -0.30579
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Canbury Secret — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Canbury Secret — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Grey Heron +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Grey Heron +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 10-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, Orange Ladybird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
131 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
Cycleway 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
Photos
Bandstand, Canbury Gardens
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
72,457 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
72,457 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Starling · Jackdaw · Coot · Black-headed Gull +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Adder
10-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +25
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Oxystoma pomonae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
72,457 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Starling · Jackdaw · Coot · Black-headed Gull +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Adder
10-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +25
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Oxystoma pomonae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oxystoma pomonae
Oxystoma pomonae
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesPhaonia fuscataPhaonia fuscataPhaonia fuscataPhaonia fuscata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSynchita undataSynchita undataSynchita undataSynchita undataDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataEvents & activities nearby
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