Pondfield Recreation Ground 5 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › London › Barking and Dagenham Getting here
51.54403, 0.16012
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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 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Green Chain Walk section 1 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 23) Walking route ▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 24) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map Accessible Route, Rainham Hall Walking route 500 m ▾
Named route Length 500 m Local walking route
Show on map 131 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Seven Kings Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7KG Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 16 Cycling route ▾
Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station
Named route Ref C16 Regional cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike Course Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
7,944 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,944 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose · Coot +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dock Bug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +15
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,944 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose · Coot +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dock Bug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +15
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula2025
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2025
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Trichius gallicus Trichius gallicus2025
Trichius gallicus Trichius gallicus2025
Bee Beetle Trichius fasciatus2025
Bee Beetle Trichius fasciatus2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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