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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.56957, -0.13085
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 🛝 Playground on site — 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ 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 — Magpie, Blue Tit, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 25 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 Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map 127 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional 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 LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
36,590 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 36,590 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Robin · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Mallard +40
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus · Eupeodes luniger · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Suillia variegata +8
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 36,590 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Robin · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Mallard +40
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus · Eupeodes luniger · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Suillia variegata +8
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Epuraea aestiva Epuraea aestiva2025
Epuraea aestiva Epuraea aestiva2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 