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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › London › Hounslow Getting here
51.49834, -0.28567
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 ☕ The Coffee Shot — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ 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 ☕ The Coffee Shot — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Common Darter +30 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Common Darter +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
The Gruffalo Trail Walking route 500 m ▾
Named route Length 500 m Round trip Local 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 Brent River Park footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 (spur) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (33) Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
40,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 40,671 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Robin +30
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Pochard Aythya ferina Wigeon Mareca penelope Bittern Botaurus stellaris Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Gadwall Mareca strepera Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 13 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trioza centranthi · Minotaur Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella +8
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Pipizella Pipizella Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 40,671 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Robin +30
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Pochard Aythya ferina Wigeon Mareca penelope Bittern Botaurus stellaris Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Gadwall Mareca strepera Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 13 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trioza centranthi · Minotaur Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella +8
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Pipizella Pipizella Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pine Ladybird
Pine Ladybird
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Australian Carpet Beetle Anthrenocerus australis
Australian Carpet Beetle Anthrenocerus australis
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus fuscus
Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus fuscus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus 