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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

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4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +13 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Silver-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Silver-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route

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LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Purfleet stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

link to Abbey Wood stationWalking route

Signed link from Abbey Wood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

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Cycling

226 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 58Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

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Route (1)Cycling route

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LCN 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18Local cycle route

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

14,841 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,841 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds49 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +44

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

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Mammals4 species

springautumn

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Domestic Dog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

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Insects10 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Cabbage Bug · Cerobasis guestfalica +5

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025

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Plants1 species

winter

2025

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,841 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +44

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

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Mammals4 species

springautumn

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Domestic Dog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Cabbage Bug · Cerobasis guestfalica +5

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025

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Plants1 species

winter

2025

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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