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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🐄 Farms
Public access Paid entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Southwark Getting here
51.49968, -0.03357
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 🐄 Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning. 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐄 Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning. 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🐄 Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Dorytomus ictor +7 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 629 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
45,830 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 45,830 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Canada Goose · Coot +23
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Greylag Goose Anser anser Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dorytomus ictor · Eupeodes +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor Eupeodes Eupeodes Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 45,830 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Canada Goose · Coot +23
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Greylag Goose Anser anser Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dorytomus ictor · Eupeodes +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor Eupeodes Eupeodes Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hayhurstia atriplicis
Hayhurstia atriplicis
Hayhurstia atriplicis
Hayhurstia atriplicis
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
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