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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.61129, 0.23665
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 76m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 76m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉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 — Magpie, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral +65 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Hawthorn, Bramble +3 more foraging species
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Garlic Mustard, Hawthorn, Bramble +12 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Hawthorn, Bramble +12 more · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
LOOP link to Havering Green bus stopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 20)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,450 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,450 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +36
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Pond Terrapin
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata2023
- Common FrogRana temporaria
White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Southern Migrant Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +15
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
- Large Red Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,450 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +36
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Pond Terrapin
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata2023
- Common FrogRana temporaria
White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Southern Migrant Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +15
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
- Large Red Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Pyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiHornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Top-horned HunchbackAcrocera orbiculus2024Top-horned HunchbackAcrocera orbiculus2024Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2023Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2023Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Events & activities nearby
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