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Windmill Recreation Ground

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Mallard
☀️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

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Mallard
☀️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

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Robin +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Robin +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Brown Hawker +64 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Brown Hawker +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

26 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

51 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

LCN 45Cycling route

Named routeRef 45Local cycle route

Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

25,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Red Kite · Blue Tit · Mallard · Coot · Tufted Duck +91

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects67 species

summerautumn

2026

Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Brown Hawker · 24-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +62

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
CaliroaCaliroa2025
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024

🌿

Plants13 species

springautumn

2025

Common Smoothcap · Pedunculate Oak · Dryopteris borreri · Narrow Buckler-fern · Lesser Stitchwort +8

Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2024
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2024
Potentilla erecta subsp. erectaPotentilla erecta subsp. erecta2024
Rubus sprengeliiRubus sprengelii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Red Kite · Blue Tit · Mallard · Coot · Tufted Duck +91

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects67 species

summerautumn

2026

Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Brown Hawker · 24-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +62

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
CaliroaCaliroa2025
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024

🌿

Plants13 species

springautumn

2025

Common Smoothcap · Pedunculate Oak · Dryopteris borreri · Narrow Buckler-fern · Lesser Stitchwort +8

Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2024
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2024
Potentilla erecta subsp. erectaPotentilla erecta subsp. erecta2024
Rubus sprengeliiRubus sprengelii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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