Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Trough
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Lambeth Getting here
51.42235, -0.11970
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Southern Green Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly +108 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Southern Green Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly +108 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +6 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wandle Trail 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 link to Nunhead station Walking route ▾
signposted link from Nunhead station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Copgate Path public footpath · 59 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 59 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Copgate Path public footpath · 166 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 166 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 226 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (23) Cycling route ▾
LCN 23 link
Named route Ref (23) Local cycle route
Show on map Route (232) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (232) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 Local cycle route
Show on map Route (21) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (21) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Former drinking trough on Streatham Common
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17,810 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,810 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Rock Dove +22
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Syrphus +10
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Scymnus interruptus Scymnus interruptus Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,810 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Rock Dove +22
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Syrphus +10
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Scymnus interruptus Scymnus interruptus Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025 