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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 191m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Magpie, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +72 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 64 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Explore Charlton Trail Walking route ▾
fully waymarked and info-boarded, although actually all the paths used are already part of the 'Green Chain Walk', and the boards state it is a 'Green Chain Circular Trail'
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map link to Falconwood station Walking route ▾
Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Falconwood station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Literary Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LHT Local walking route
Show on map 195 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) 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 Cycleway 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C33 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,980 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,980 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Magpie · Blackbird +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rock Dove Columba livia Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Stock Dove Columba oenas Swift Apus apus Whitethroat Curruca communis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Coot Fulica atra Common Gull Larus canus Dunnock Prunella modularis Raven Corvus corax2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Soprano Pipistrelle · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 26 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp · Eupeodes corollae +21
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris rybyensis2025 Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025 Bank Haircap
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,980 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Magpie · Blackbird +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rock Dove Columba livia Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Stock Dove Columba oenas Swift Apus apus Whitethroat Curruca communis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Coot Fulica atra Common Gull Larus canus Dunnock Prunella modularis Raven Corvus corax2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Soprano Pipistrelle · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 26 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp · Eupeodes corollae +21
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris rybyensis2025 Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025 Bank Haircap
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Bridgman’s Bean-galler Euura bridgmanii2025
Bridgman’s Bean-galler Euura bridgmanii2025
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2025
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2025
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri2025
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2024
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2024 