Dolphin Square Gardens 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Westminster Getting here
51.48639, -0.13623
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
Square Grade II listed park and garden
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 233m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 233m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 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 — Greylag Goose, Moorhen, Mute Swan +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Greylag Goose, Moorhen, Mute Swan +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Meliscaeva auricollis +29 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Meliscaeva auricollis +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Silver-moss +1 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Silver-moss +1 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 35 signed routes nearby
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Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
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Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
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Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
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Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
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Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
45,044 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 45,044 records · National Biodiversity Network Greylag Goose · Mute Swan · Coot · Moorhen · Magpie +19
Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black Swan Cygnus atratus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug +20
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Marmalade Hoverfly 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 45,044 records · National Biodiversity Network Greylag Goose · Mute Swan · Coot · Moorhen · Magpie +19
Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black Swan Cygnus atratus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug +20
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Marmalade Hoverfly Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta
White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta
Fabricius' Nomad Bee Nomada fabriciana
Fabricius' Nomad Bee Nomada fabriciana
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus 