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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome48 ha
Getting here
51.69234, 0.10373
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 325m away — 7 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 325m away — 7 car parks within reach
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Jersey Tiger, 7-spot Ladybird, Aphrophora alni +112 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Dogs allowed with public access
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beech TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stort Valley WayWalking route▾
Pelly Courtpublic footpath · 44 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 44 mPath type: residential
The Hedgerowspublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mPath type: residential
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Western Roadbridleway · 183 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 183 mPath type: bridleway
Western Roadbridleway · 5 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mPath type: bridleway
Western Roadbridleway · 212 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 212 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Houses on the edge of Bell Common
Photos
Houses on the edge of Bell Common
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,332 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,332 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Robin · Dunnock
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Otter · Muntjac
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Muntjac
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Slow-worm · Common Lizard
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
🐝Insects115 species
springsummer
2025Jersey Tiger · 7-spot Ladybird · Aphrophora alni · White Clover Seed Weevil · Malthinus flaveolus
+110 more speciesHide species list
All 115 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2021
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2021
- Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus
Holly · Japanese Knotweed · Yellow-rattle · Heath Plait-moss · Sun Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,332 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Robin · Dunnock
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Otter · Muntjac
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Muntjac
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Slow-worm · Common Lizard
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
🐝Insects115 species
springsummer
2025Jersey Tiger · 7-spot Ladybird · Aphrophora alni · White Clover Seed Weevil · Malthinus flaveolus
+110 more speciesHide species list
All 115 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2021
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2021
- Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus
Holly · Japanese Knotweed · Yellow-rattle · Heath Plait-moss · Sun Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntiacus reevesi2022
Muntiacus reevesi2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus20212021
2021
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2021Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2021Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2021Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2021Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2021Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2021Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2021Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2021Olibrus flavicornisOlibrus flavicornis2021Olibrus flavicornisOlibrus flavicornis2021Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2021Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus2021Ceratapion gibbirostreCeratapion gibbirostre2021Ceratapion gibbirostreCeratapion gibbirostre2021Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2021Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2021Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2021Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2021Anaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalis2021Anaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalis2021Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaAgrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescensNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeRose ChaferCetonia aurata2024Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2022Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2022Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2022Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2022Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2022Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2022Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2022Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta202114-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202114-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2021Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2021Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2021Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2021Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2021Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2021Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2021Cassida vibexCassida vibex2021Cassida vibexCassida vibex2021Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021Pilophorus perplexusPilophorus perplexus2021Pilophorus perplexusPilophorus perplexus2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2021Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2021Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2021Neolygus viridisNeolygus viridis2021Neolygus viridisNeolygus viridis2021Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2021Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2021Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2021Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria202124-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202124-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2021Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2021Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2021MegachileMegachile2021MegachileMegachile2021Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2021Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2021Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2021Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2021Stenopterapion tenueStenopterapion tenue2021Stenopterapion tenueStenopterapion tenue2021Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2021Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2021Sitona humeralisSitona humeralis2021Sitona humeralisSitona humeralis2021Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2021Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2021Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa2021Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa2021Hypera plantaginisHypera plantaginis2021Hypera plantaginisHypera plantaginis2021Hedge BrownPyronia tithonus britanniae2021Hedge BrownPyronia tithonus britanniae2021Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2021Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2021Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2021Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2021Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2021Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2021Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2021Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus2021Agriotes sputatorAgriotes sputator2021Agriotes sputatorAgriotes sputator2021Rhinoncus castorRhinoncus castor2021Rhinoncus castorRhinoncus castor2021Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2021Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2021Axinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalis2021Axinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalis2021Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2021Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2021Orchestes pilosusOrchestes pilosus2021Orchestes pilosusOrchestes pilosus2021Clover Leaf WeevilHypera postica2021Clover Leaf WeevilHypera postica2021Malthodes minimusMalthodes minimus2021Malthodes minimusMalthodes minimus2021Hadroplontus lituraHadroplontus litura2021Hadroplontus lituraHadroplontus litura2021Glocianus distinctusGlocianus distinctus2021Glocianus distinctusGlocianus distinctus2021Hemicoelus fulvicornisHemicoelus fulvicornis2021Hemicoelus fulvicornisHemicoelus fulvicornis2021Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2021Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2021Larinus turbinatusLarinus turbinatus2021Larinus turbinatusLarinus turbinatus2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Taeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticarium2021Taeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticarium2021Ceratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordi2021Ceratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordi2021Clover Seed WeevilProtapion trifolii2021Clover Seed WeevilProtapion trifolii2021Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2021Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2021Perapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathi2021Perapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathi2021Acupalpus exiguusAcupalpus exiguus2021Acupalpus exiguusAcupalpus exiguus2021Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2021Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2021Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica2021Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica2021Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2021Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2021Mecinus pyrasterMecinus pyraster2021Mecinus pyrasterMecinus pyraster2021Acupalpus meridianusAcupalpus meridianus2021Acupalpus meridianusAcupalpus meridianus2021Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2021Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2021Melanophthalma suturalisMelanophthalma suturalis2021Melanophthalma suturalisMelanophthalma suturalis2021Archarius pyrrhocerasArcharius pyrrhoceras2021Archarius pyrrhocerasArcharius pyrrhoceras2021Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2021Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2021Cabbage Gall WeevilCeutorhynchus assimilis2021Cabbage Gall WeevilCeutorhynchus assimilis2021Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2021Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2021Microlestes maurusMicrolestes maurus2021Microlestes maurusMicrolestes maurus2021Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2021Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2021Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2021Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2021Stilbus oblongusStilbus oblongus2021Stilbus oblongusStilbus oblongus2021Twig-cutting WeevilInvolvulus icosandriae2021Twig-cutting WeevilInvolvulus icosandriae2021Corticarina minutaCorticarina minuta2021Corticarina minutaCorticarina minuta2021Nettle Pollen BeetleBrachypterus urticae2021Nettle Pollen BeetleBrachypterus urticae2021Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2021Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2021Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2021Events & activities nearby
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