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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Camden Getting here
51.56194, -0.15438
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ TRADE Highgate — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ TRADE Highgate — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Tufted Duck +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Tufted Duck +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (Section 11) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 134 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Regent's Canal Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Grand Union Canal towpath Cycling route ▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 5 link Cycling route ▾
Marylebone Station link
Named route Ref (5) Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Number 1 pond, Hampstead Heath
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Wildlife to spot
53,979 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 53,979 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Magpie · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +39
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Mole Talpa europaea2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird +16
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Syrphus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 53,979 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Magpie · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +39
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Mole Talpa europaea2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird +16
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Syrphus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Phaonia Phaonia
Phaonia Phaonia
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata 