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Hadley Highstone

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

5 activities

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 — Robin, Blackbird, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Lesser Stag Beetle +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Lesser Stag Beetle +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Butterfly-bush, Common Smoothcap +3 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Butterfly-bush, Common Smoothcap +3 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route

Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route

Shenley Route 5Walking route

Named routeRef 5Local walking route

Shenley Walk 4Walking route

Named routeRef 4Local walking route

London LOOP (Section 16 unsigned alternative)Walking route

Alternative route avoiding the opening road walking

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Local cycle route

NCN12 Proposed extensionCycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

29,690 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,690 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit +62

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2022

🦌

Mammals13 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle +8

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
MoleTalpa europaea
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2022
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Feral CatFelis catus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2023

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians4 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects49 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle · Syrphus · 14-spot Ladybird +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
SyrphusSyrphus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2025
NebriaNebria2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
CimbexCimbex2024
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2023
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2022
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2022

🌿

Plants13 species

summerwinter

2024

Shepherd's-purse · Groundsel · Wood Avens · Annual Meadow-grass · Daisy +8

Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
DaisyBellis perennis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2022
BugleAjuga reptans2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,690 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit +62

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2022

🦌

Mammals13 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle +8

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
MoleTalpa europaea
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2022
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Feral CatFelis catus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2023

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians4 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects49 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle · Syrphus · 14-spot Ladybird +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
SyrphusSyrphus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2025
NebriaNebria2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
CimbexCimbex2024
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2023
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2022
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2022

🌿

Plants13 species

summerwinter

2024

Shepherd's-purse · Groundsel · Wood Avens · Annual Meadow-grass · Daisy +8

Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
DaisyBellis perennis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2022
BugleAjuga reptans2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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