New Southgate Recreation Ground 12 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 12 ha
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51.62123, -0.14672
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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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 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 — Blue Tit, Rock Dove, Great Tit +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Rock Dove, Great Tit +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Crested Dog's-tail, Barren Brome, Lesser Celandine +50 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Crested Dog's-tail, Barren Brome, Lesser Celandine +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Stag Beetle +47 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Stag Beetle +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Cockfosters Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 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 LOOP link to Gordon Hill station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map New River Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR link Local walking route
Show on map 40 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 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional 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
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Wildlife to spot
16,925 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,925 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +33
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Southern Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird +26
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Hornet Hoverfly Crested Dog's-tail · Barren Brome
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,925 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +33
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Southern Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird +26
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Hornet Hoverfly Crested Dog's-tail · Barren Brome
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella zonaria2025
Volucella zonaria2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans2025
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2025
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus2025
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025 