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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
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Places › England › London › Lambeth Getting here
51.47603, -0.12631
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Berlengas — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Berlengas — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ 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, Mallard, Grey Heron +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Grey Heron +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Carder Bee, Batman Hoverfly +135 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Carder Bee, Batman Hoverfly +135 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
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Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
10,918 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,918 records · National Biodiversity Network Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit +30
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Green Shieldbug Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy Broomrape
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,918 records · National Biodiversity Network Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit +30
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Gadwall Mareca strepera Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Harlequin Ladybird +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Green Shieldbug Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy Broomrape
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta
White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta
Fabricius' Nomad Bee Nomada fabriciana
Fabricius' Nomad Bee Nomada fabriciana
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida
Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 