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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › London › Merton Getting here
51.38993, -0.19470
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 168m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mallard +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mallard +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax +81 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
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Show on map Wandle-Oaks Link Walking route ▾
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Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map LOOP link to Ewell West station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (Section 06) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
40,270 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 40,270 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Dunnock · Magpie +41
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Batman Hoverfly · Melanostoma scalare · Epistrophe eligans · Syrphus ribesii · Lesser Stag Beetle +9
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Meliscaeva auricollis Spring Crocus · Snowdrop · Red Dead-nettle
Spring Crocus Crocus vernus Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 40,270 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Dunnock · Magpie +41
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Batman Hoverfly · Melanostoma scalare · Epistrophe eligans · Syrphus ribesii · Lesser Stag Beetle +9
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Meliscaeva auricollis Spring Crocus · Snowdrop · Red Dead-nettle
Spring Crocus Crocus vernus Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Neoascia Neoascia2025
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