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51.59730, -0.36109

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Robin
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Robin
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Robin, Mallard +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Robin, Mallard +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Southern Green Shieldbug +27 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Southern Green Shieldbug +27 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Purple Toadflax, Curled Pondweed +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Purple Toadflax, Curled Pondweed +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Proyer's PathCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 45Cycling route

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LCN+ link 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN+ link 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route

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Wildlife to spot

20,692 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,692 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2026

Rock Dove · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Magpie +59

Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024

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Mammals9 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac +4

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
OtterLutra lutra2024
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

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Insects30 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +25

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
EupeodesEupeodes
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
HoverflySyrphidae2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Adelphocoris quadripunctatusAdelphocoris quadripunctatus2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024

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Plants7 species

autumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Purple Toadflax · Curled Pondweed · Lady's Bedstraw · Silver-moss +2

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,692 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2026

Rock Dove · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Magpie +59

Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024

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Mammals9 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac +4

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
OtterLutra lutra2024
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🐝

Insects30 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +25

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
EupeodesEupeodes
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
HoverflySyrphidae2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Adelphocoris quadripunctatusAdelphocoris quadripunctatus2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024

🌿

Plants7 species

autumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Purple Toadflax · Curled Pondweed · Lady's Bedstraw · Silver-moss +2

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen McKay · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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