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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › London › City of London Getting here
51.51306, -0.09832
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Soho Coffee Co. — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Soho Coffee Co. — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Shoveler +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Shoveler +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Trioza centranthi +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Trioza centranthi +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 521 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos St Paul's Churchyard, Carter Lane Gardens
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33,121 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 33,121 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pochard · Black-headed Gull · Shoveler · Starling · Magpie +19
Pochard Aythya ferina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Shoveler Spatula clypeata Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Epistrophe eligans · Trioza centranthi · Melanostoma scalare · Eupeodes · Ant Damsel Bug +2
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Eupeodes Eupeodes Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus Sylvicola fenestralis White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 33,121 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pochard · Black-headed Gull · Shoveler · Starling · Magpie +19
Pochard Aythya ferina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Shoveler Spatula clypeata Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Epistrophe eligans · Trioza centranthi · Melanostoma scalare · Eupeodes · Ant Damsel Bug +2
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Eupeodes Eupeodes Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus Sylvicola fenestralis White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sylvicola fenestralis2025
Sylvicola fenestralis2025