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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
51.58882, 0.19013
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Egyptian Goose and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 256m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Egyptian Goose and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 256m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Egyptian Goose, Coot, Starling +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Egyptian Goose, Coot, Starling +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
LOOP link to Havering Green bus stopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Cricket pavilion, Raphael Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,755 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie · Mallard +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Badger · Muntjac · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2026▾
Firebug · Pipizella · Southern Green Shieldbug · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Jersey Tiger +4
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- PipizellaPipizella2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie · Mallard +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Badger · Muntjac · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2026▾
Firebug · Pipizella · Southern Green Shieldbug · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Jersey Tiger +4
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- PipizellaPipizella2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025