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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome250 ha
Getting here
51.46788, -0.30912
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Black-headed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 214m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Black-headed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 214m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: KEW OBSERVATORY
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Grass Ant, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +49 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Old Palace Yardpublic footpath · 73 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Cholmondeley Walkpublic footpath · 274 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 274 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
The Wardrobepublic footpath · 72 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
113 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
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Old Deer Park Recreation Ground from the air
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
32,838 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Grey Heron · Robin +32
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects24 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +19
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
Wood Bristle-moss · Small Nettle · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Marble Screw-moss +6
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Lateral Cryphaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Grey Heron · Robin +32
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects24 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +19
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
Wood Bristle-moss · Small Nettle · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Marble Screw-moss +6
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Lateral Cryphaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cryphaea heteromalla
Cryphaea heteromalla
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025