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Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
51.43958, -0.27743
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Pen Ponds Car Park 331m away — 2 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Pen Ponds Car Park 331m away — 2 car parks within reach £ 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 — Jackdaw, Mute Swan, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Mute Swan, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marble Screw-moss, Common Pottia, Common Pincushion +16 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Marble Screw-moss, Common Pottia, Common Pincushion +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Abax parallelepipedus, Dark-edged Bee-fly +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 4
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate) 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 Beverley Brook Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 207 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 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 Photos Horse riders by Pond Plantation, Richmond Park
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Wildlife to spot
95,750 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 95,750 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin +28
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Greylag Goose Anser anser Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coal Tit Periparus ater Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Swallow Hirundo rustica Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Adder
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 15 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Abax parallelepipedus · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Carabus problematicus · Violet Ground Beetle +10
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Marble Screw-moss · Common Pottia · Common Pincushion · Hemlock · American Skunk-cabbage +13
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Common Pottia Tortula truncata Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Hemlock Conium maculatum American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Brooklime Veronica beccabunga Wood Anemone Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 95,750 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin +28
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Greylag Goose Anser anser Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coal Tit Periparus ater Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Swallow Hirundo rustica Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Adder
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 15 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Abax parallelepipedus · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Carabus problematicus · Violet Ground Beetle +10
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Marble Screw-moss · Common Pottia · Common Pincushion · Hemlock · American Skunk-cabbage +13
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Common Pottia Tortula truncata Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Hemlock Conium maculatum American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Brooklime Veronica beccabunga Wood Anemone Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis Anemone nemorosa
Anemone nemorosa
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii
Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Cuspidate Earth-moss Tortula acaulon
Cuspidate Earth-moss Tortula acaulon
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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