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51.45059, -0.23195
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Nalassus laevioctostriatus +49 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Nalassus laevioctostriatus +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Dandelion, White Dead-nettle, Hazel +1 more foraging species
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Lesser Celandine, Taraxacum agg. +8 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Green Alkanet, Lesser Celandine, Taraxacum agg. +8 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route 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 Barnes Trail 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 256 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 (spur) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (33) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map CS8 extension (proposed) Cycling route ▾
As part of Wandsworth Town Centre proposals, CS8 would be extended to allow cyclists better access to Wandsworth High Street, with Fairfield Street and Wandsworth High Street becoming two-way
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Wildlife to spot
40,912 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 40,912 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +37
Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Coal Tit Periparus ater Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Red Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Syntomus foveatus · Harpalus anxius · Common Sun Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Syntomus foveatus Syntomus foveatus Harpalus anxius Harpalus anxius Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Amara tibialis Amara tibialis Harpalus affinis Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion · Taraxacum agg. · Parsley Piert +6
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Dandelion Taraxacum Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg. Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua Hazel Corylus avellana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 40,912 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +37
Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Coal Tit Periparus ater Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Red Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Syntomus foveatus · Harpalus anxius · Common Sun Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Syntomus foveatus Syntomus foveatus Harpalus anxius Harpalus anxius Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Amara tibialis Amara tibialis Harpalus affinis Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion · Taraxacum agg. · Parsley Piert +6
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Dandelion Taraxacum Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg. Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua Hazel Corylus avellana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harpalus affinis
Harpalus affinis
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Ampedus sanguinolentus Ampedus sanguinolentus
Ampedus sanguinolentus Ampedus sanguinolentus
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata 