General Roy's Baseline (Southeast End) Cannon Monument
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
51.42648, -0.36568
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ 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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 24-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +81 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 24-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Nipplewort, Green Alkanet, Himalayan Balsam +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Nipplewort, Green Alkanet, Himalayan Balsam +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Hatton Cross Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 34 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 40 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 28 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C28
Show on map Photos General Roy monument, Hampton Hill.
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Wildlife to spot
69,187 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 69,187 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Gadwall Mareca strepera Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Stenamma debile · Carabus nemoralis · Rose Chafer · Meliscaeva auricollis +2
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Stenamma debile Stenamma debile2025 Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 69,187 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Gadwall Mareca strepera Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Stenamma debile · Carabus nemoralis · Rose Chafer · Meliscaeva auricollis +2
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Stenamma debile Stenamma debile2025 Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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