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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › London › Barking and Dagenham Getting here
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Galleon — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Galleon — 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🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Hobby +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Hobby +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Bryony Mining Bee, Eristalis tenax +24 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Bryony Mining Bee, Eristalis tenax +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map 269 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C22 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 64 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 64 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,389 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,389 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Mallard +43
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Magpie Pica pica Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm · Pond Terrapin
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2024 Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐝 Insects 6 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Dor Beetle · Dock Bug · Coriomeris denticulatus · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +1
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Coriomeris denticulatus Coriomeris denticulatus2025 Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,389 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Mallard +43
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Magpie Pica pica Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm · Pond Terrapin
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2024 Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐝 Insects 6 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Dor Beetle · Dock Bug · Coriomeris denticulatus · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +1
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Coriomeris denticulatus Coriomeris denticulatus2025 Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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