Long Bolstead Recreation Ground
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Merton Getting here
51.40851, -0.14694
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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 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, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Speckled Wood, Small White +112 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Speckled Wood, Small White +112 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Marble Screw-moss, Sweet Violet · last seen 2026; Plants — Marble Screw-moss, Sweet Violet · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Wandle-Oaks Link 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 253 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 75 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (75) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 222 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 222 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 213 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 213 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 (parallel Croydon route) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (75) Local cycle route
Show on map Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed) Cycling route ▾
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
28,993 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,993 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Coot Fulica atra Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Coal Tit Periparus ater Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris Southern Green Shieldbug · Syrphus · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Firebug · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Syrphus Syrphus Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marble Screw-moss
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,993 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Coot Fulica atra Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Coal Tit Periparus ater Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris Southern Green Shieldbug · Syrphus · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Firebug · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Syrphus Syrphus Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marble Screw-moss
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum2025
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Caenis robusta Caenis robusta2025
Caenis robusta Caenis robusta2025 