Church of the Good Shepherd
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.45275, 0.00811
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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 ☕ Top Chef Cafe — 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 ☕ Top Chef Cafe — 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· Free
🦉 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 — Rock Dove, Magpie, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Magpie, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, Southern Green Shieldbug +51 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, Southern Green Shieldbug +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Southwark Cathedral to Otford
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Silk Mill Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 417 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C33 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
25,348 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,348 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rose Chafer · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Viridicerus ustulatus +2
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Viridicerus ustulatus Viridicerus ustulatus Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,348 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rose Chafer · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Viridicerus ustulatus +2
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Viridicerus ustulatus Viridicerus ustulatus Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus 