Paddington Recreation Ground 3 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › London › Westminster Getting here
51.52955, -0.19081
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Batman Hoverfly +77 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Batman Hoverfly +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Barnes Trail Extension Walking route ▾
The 2.3 mile Trail, and the 3 mile Extension, have been designed to show Barnes at its best. The route is circular, so it doesn't matter where you start – just follow the silver 'Barnes Trail' discs set in the ground
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (Section 12) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Crouch Hill station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Union Canal (Paddington Arm) Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 233 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Bandstand, Paddington Recreation Ground
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Wildlife to spot
19,179 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,179 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Coot · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail +33
Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Owl Athene noctua Starling Sturnus vulgaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · House Mouse · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis House Mouse Mus musculus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Aesculapian Snake
Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 23 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug +18
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,179 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Coot · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail +33
Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Owl Athene noctua Starling Sturnus vulgaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · House Mouse · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis House Mouse Mus musculus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Aesculapian Snake
Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 23 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug +18
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris2025
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 