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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
51.44727, -0.34928
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🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Banded Demoiselle +125 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Banded Demoiselle +125 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Hillingdon Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Kingston Station to Ham House Walk, Ham House Walking route 7.2 km ▾
Enjoy a gentle walk from Kingston Station to Ham House and Garden on this 4.5-mile long stroll along the river, learning some interesting historical facts along the way.
Named route Length 7.2 km Duration 01:15 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Hatton Cross Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 34 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 40 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Nine Acre Trail, Osterley Cycling route 500 m ▾
This 500m off-road trail takes you through the Nine Acre field, with clear views back to the House across Middle Lake, one of R. Adam's original estate vistas. Develop your cycle skills with easy technical features, before linking back to the main trail
Named route Length 500 m Duration 00:15 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 74 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 74 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos New cycle bridge through Kneller Gardens
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Wildlife to spot
41,203 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 41,203 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin +33
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Mute Swan Cygnus olor Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2025 Coot Fulica atra Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Orange Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird +24
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Meliscaeva auricollis Lateral Cryphaea · Forked Veilwort
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 41,203 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin +33
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Mute Swan Cygnus olor Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2025 Coot Fulica atra Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Orange Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird +24
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Meliscaeva auricollis Lateral Cryphaea · Forked Veilwort
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Grass Ant Myrmecina graminicola2025
Grass Ant Myrmecina graminicola2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Hadrobregmus denticollis Hadrobregmus denticollis
Hadrobregmus denticollis Hadrobregmus denticollis
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Zygina lunaris Zygina lunaris
Zygina lunaris Zygina lunaris
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Woolly Vine Scale Insect Pulvinaria vitis
Woolly Vine Scale Insect Pulvinaria vitis
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Brown Carpet Beetle Attagenus smirnovi2025
Brown Carpet Beetle Attagenus smirnovi2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Sylvicola Sylvicola2025
Sylvicola Sylvicola2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus2025
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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