Monument To Vincent Figgins
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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51.46112, -0.05213
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 296m away — 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 296m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +100 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +100 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
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 (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 542 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 1 Cycling route ▾
Link between NCN 1 and Crossharbour DLR station
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
33,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 33,437 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull +16
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 19 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Eupeodes · Helina evecta · Varied Carpet Beetle · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +14
Eupeodes Eupeodes Helina evecta Helina evecta Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 33,437 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull +16
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 19 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Eupeodes · Helina evecta · Varied Carpet Beetle · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +14
Eupeodes Eupeodes Helina evecta Helina evecta Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus 