Muswell Hill Playing Fields 23 ha
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51.60105, -0.15813
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 158m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 158m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 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
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Rock Dove +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Rock Dove +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Creeping Feather-moss, Cow Parsley, Wood Avens +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly, Green Shieldbug +63 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly, Green Shieldbug +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dollis Valley Greenwalk link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DVGlink Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map 43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 21 Cycling route ▾
Finished Cycleway route will run from Meridian Water to Enfield Town
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
19,138 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,138 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Coal Tit +26
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · 14-spot Ladybird +16
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Green Shieldbug 🌿 Plants 7 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Cow Parsley · Hawthorn · Crested Dog's-tail · Wood Avens · Hoary Cress +2
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Wood Avens Geum urbanum Hoary Cress Lepidium draba Common Vetch Vicia sativa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,138 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Coal Tit +26
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · 14-spot Ladybird +16
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Green Shieldbug 🌿 Plants 7 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Cow Parsley · Hawthorn · Crested Dog's-tail · Wood Avens · Hoary Cress +2
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Wood Avens Geum urbanum Hoary Cress Lepidium draba Common Vetch Vicia sativa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Aedes albopictus Aedes albopictus2025
Aedes albopictus Aedes albopictus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans2025
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Drilus flavescens Drilus flavescens2025
Drilus flavescens Drilus flavescens2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025 Narrow-leaved Vetch
Narrow-leaved Vetch
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra
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