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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.49533, -0.28871
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 275m 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 275m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉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 +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
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Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
128 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
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LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
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LCNCycling route▾
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Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
42,133 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,133 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Robin · Jay +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Saissetia coffeae +9
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Saissetia coffeaeSaissetia coffeae
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Common Cord-moss
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,133 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Robin · Jay +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Saissetia coffeae +9
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Saissetia coffeaeSaissetia coffeae
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Common Cord-moss
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Exochomus quadripustulatus
Exochomus quadripustulatus
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