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Oldfield Recreation Ground

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Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕MiMar Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕MiMar Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +250 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +250 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 45Cycling route

Named routeRef 45Local cycle route

Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

LCN 39Cycling route

Named routeRef 39Local cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

54,046 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,046 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Red Kite · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +37

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GadwallMareca strepera
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Red Fox · Beaver · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BeaverCastor fiber
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects32 species

springautumn

2026

Dark Bush-cricket · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Southern Green Shieldbug +27

Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
EupeodesEupeodes
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
SyrphusSyrphus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,046 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Red Kite · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +37

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GadwallMareca strepera
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Red Fox · Beaver · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BeaverCastor fiber
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects32 species

springautumn

2026

Dark Bush-cricket · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Southern Green Shieldbug +27

Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
EupeodesEupeodes
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
SyrphusSyrphus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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