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Chandos Recreation Ground

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

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6 activities

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 +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Box Tree Moth, 22-spot Ladybird +45 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Box Tree Moth, 22-spot Ladybird +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Tiered Tooth · last seen 2021; Fungi — Tiered Tooth · last seen 2021

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2024; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route

Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Proyer's PathCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 45Cycling route

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LCN+ link 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN+ link 89Cycling route

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Wildlife to spot

9,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspring

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Black-necked Grebe +59

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
SwiftApus apus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
PintailAnas acuta2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Little OwlAthene noctua
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
OspreyPandion haliaetus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Larus michahellis michahellisLarus michahellis michahellis2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
RuffCalidris pugnax2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2024

Pond Terrapin

Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta

🐝

Insects48 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · 22-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Southern Green Shieldbug +43

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Demetrias imperialisDemetrias imperialis
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Small Black AntLasius niger2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
AphrophoridaeAphrophoridae2022
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2021
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021

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Fungi1 species

autumn

2021

Tiered Tooth

Tiered ToothHericium cirrhatum

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2024

Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspring

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Black-necked Grebe +59

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
SwiftApus apus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
PintailAnas acuta2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Little OwlAthene noctua
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
OspreyPandion haliaetus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Larus michahellis michahellisLarus michahellis michahellis2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
RuffCalidris pugnax2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2024

Pond Terrapin

Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta

🐝

Insects48 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · 22-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Southern Green Shieldbug +43

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Demetrias imperialisDemetrias imperialis
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Small Black AntLasius niger2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
AphrophoridaeAphrophoridae2022
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2021
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2021

Tiered Tooth

Tiered ToothHericium cirrhatum

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2024

Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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