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🦉Wildlife🛝Family🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome39 ha
Getting here
51.56136, -0.08843
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Fink's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Fink's — 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🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
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
playground, toilets, café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
236 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripPrivate
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
Cycleway 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C11Regional cycle route
LCN 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Cycleway 38Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C38Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
133,430 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
133,430 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +42
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
133,430 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +42
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata