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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › London › Harrow Getting here
51.61175, -0.29237
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 199m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 199m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +65 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrow Weald Common Nature Trail Walking route ▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood station Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Dollis Valley Greenwalk link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DVGlink Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 45 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 Local cycle route
Show on map Metropolitan cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map Wembley to Harrow Weald Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 89 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 89 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 86 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 86 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,557 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,557 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Robin +35
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Pochard Aythya ferina Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue · Gatekeeper · Small White +34
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Small White Pieris rapae2024 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Heath-grass
Heath-grass Danthonia decumbens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,557 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Robin +35
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Pochard Aythya ferina Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue · Gatekeeper · Small White +34
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Small White Pieris rapae2024 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Heath-grass
Heath-grass Danthonia decumbens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Polistichus connexus Polistichus connexus
Polistichus connexus Polistichus connexus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2025
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2024
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined White Pieris napi2024
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