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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Camden Getting here
51.56290, -0.16703
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Lesser Stag Beetle, Epistrophe eligans +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Skullcap, Water Mint · last seen 2025; Plants — Skullcap, Water Mint · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 26 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
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Show on map LCN 85 link Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Cycleway 11 Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
51,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 51,281 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +36
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Fallow Deer Dama dama 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Frog Rana temporaria Lesser Stag Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +16
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Harlequin Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 51,281 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +36
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Fallow Deer Dama dama 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Frog Rana temporaria Lesser Stag Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +16
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Harlequin Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
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
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus 