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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.88018, 0.35731
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Mammals — Hedgehog, Otter, Rabbit +11 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Vine's Rustic +204 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Red Dead-nettle, Perennial Rye-grass +44 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW03Local walking route
Downs Crescentpublic footpath · 85 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 85 mPath type: residential
Downs Crescentpublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mPath type: residential
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route6.3 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 6.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
13,921 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,921 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Jersey Tiger +36
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,921 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Jersey Tiger +36
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
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