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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
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Graphosoma italicum, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +84 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Graphosoma italicum, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Greenwich Meridian Trail

Free

Family friendly

Moderate match

Allotments

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

18 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

New River LinkWalking route

Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route

Oak TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Beech TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Roundhillspublic footpath · 219 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 219 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

126 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route (12)Cycling route

Alternative (step-free) route avoiding railway bridge

Named routeRef (12)Local cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route

Route (1)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route

Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route

Cycleway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

56,075 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

56,075 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds74 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

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Mammals5 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Feral Cat · Rabbit · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama dama
Feral CatFelis catus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

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Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Grass Snake · Red-eared Terrapin

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects86 species

summerautumn

2026

Graphosoma italicum · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +81

Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2025
Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus
CheilosiaCheilosia
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Psammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
a weevilCurculionidae2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

56,075 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Feral Cat · Rabbit · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama dama
Feral CatFelis catus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Grass Snake · Red-eared Terrapin

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects86 species

summerautumn

2026

Graphosoma italicum · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +81

Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2025
Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus
CheilosiaCheilosia
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Psammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
a weevilCurculionidae2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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