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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.55914, -0.10563
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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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Mallard +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Mallard +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 40 signed routes nearby
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Wildlife to spot
131,698 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 131,698 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot +43
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 131,698 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot +43
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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