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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
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51.64081, -0.12450
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Blue Tit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Blue Tit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Blue Tit, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Blue Tit, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Epistrophe eligans +10 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Epistrophe eligans +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Cockfosters Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 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 Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 57 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 Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional 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 Photos West Side of Oakwood Park
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Wildlife to spot
75,012 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 75,012 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Jay +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Canada Goose Branta canadensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Birch Catkin Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 75,012 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Jay +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Canada Goose Branta canadensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Birch Catkin Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus 