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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Wandsworth Getting here
51.42666, -0.18126
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 205m 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 205m away — 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 — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, Parent Bug +72 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, Parent Bug +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove Walking route ▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Barnes Trail Walking route ▾
The 2.3 mile Trail, and the 3 mile Extension, have been designed to show Barnes at its best. The route is circular, so it doesn't matter where you start – just follow the silver 'Barnes Trail' discs set in the ground
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 265 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 26 Cycling route ▾
Section of LCN26 in Lambeth. Signage does not use the route number. Signed as westbound to Tooting, eastbound to Streatham Common & Norwood (doesn't reach the latter, though)
Named route Ref 26 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 29 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 29 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 48 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C48 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Chapel of Rest, Lambeth Cemetery
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Wildlife to spot
22,930 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 22,930 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Robin · Egyptian Goose · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +36
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025 Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Parent Bug · Cabbage Bug +19
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 22,930 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Robin · Egyptian Goose · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +36
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025 Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Parent Bug · Cabbage Bug +19
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2025
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Viridicerus ustulatus Viridicerus ustulatus2025
Viridicerus ustulatus Viridicerus ustulatus2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris2025
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris2025
Shore Sexton Beetle Necrodes littoralis2025
Shore Sexton Beetle Necrodes littoralis2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025