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51.55909, -0.10593
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ 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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 40 signed routes nearby
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Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
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Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
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131,630 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 131,630 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot +44
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 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 · Meliscaeva auricollis · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 131,630 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot +44
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 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 · Meliscaeva auricollis · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes 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 