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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.55919, -0.08881
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Olivia — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Olivia — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
playground, toilets, café
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 243 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Regent's Canal Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map River Lee Navigation Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
134,354 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 134,354 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +41
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Gadwall Mareca strepera Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 134,354 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +41
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Gadwall Mareca strepera Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cis villosulus Cis villosulus
Cis villosulus Cis villosulus
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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