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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.42890, -0.47644
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕96 Degrees — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕96 Degrees — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Hatton Cross UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
London LOOP (Section 9)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 10)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
99 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
LCN 30Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Local cycle route
Route 99Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 99Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
64,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard +37
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- ScaupAythya marila
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Rose Chafer · Helophilus pendulus +18
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard +37
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- ScaupAythya marila
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Rose Chafer · Helophilus pendulus +18
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2025Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2025Synophropsis lauriSynophropsis lauri2025Synophropsis lauriSynophropsis lauri2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Stenidiocerus poecilusStenidiocerus poecilus2025Stenidiocerus poecilusStenidiocerus poecilus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025