Lower Swaines Recreation Ground
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.70122, 0.10262
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️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
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Jersey Tiger, Aphrophora alni +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beech TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Parndon TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Coronation Hillpublic footpath · 62 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 62 mPath type: residential
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bolt Cellar Lanebridleway · 639 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 639 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway
Bolt Cellar Lanebridleway · 424 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 424 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,315 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Otter · Muntjac · Fallow Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Jersey Tiger · Harlequin Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Batman Hoverfly +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted Chaser
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Japanese Knotweed · Yellow-rattle
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,315 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Otter · Muntjac · Fallow Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Jersey Tiger · Harlequin Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Batman Hoverfly +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted Chaser
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Japanese Knotweed · Yellow-rattle
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula quadrimaculata
Libellula quadrimaculata
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorAgrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescensNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Events & activities nearby
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