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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
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Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Pembroke Lodge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Pembroke Lodge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 28 signed routes nearby · 12 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 Brent River Park footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Fulwell station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 170 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 34 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (34) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 44 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Dead trees, Richmond Park
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56,624 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 56,624 records · National Biodiversity Network Grey Heron · Jackdaw · Robin · Mute Swan · Mallard +24
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackbird Turdus merula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Redwing Turdus iliacus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Little Owl Athene noctua Jay Garrulus glandarius Adder
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 23 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +18
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 🌿 Plants 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Marble Screw-moss · Hemlock · American Skunk-cabbage · Brooklime · Wood Anemone +4
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Hemlock Conium maculatum American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Brooklime Veronica beccabunga Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Daisy Bellis perennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 56,624 records · National Biodiversity Network Grey Heron · Jackdaw · Robin · Mute Swan · Mallard +24
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackbird Turdus merula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Redwing Turdus iliacus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Little Owl Athene noctua Jay Garrulus glandarius Adder
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 23 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans +18
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 🌿 Plants 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Marble Screw-moss · Hemlock · American Skunk-cabbage · Brooklime · Wood Anemone +4
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Hemlock Conium maculatum American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Brooklime Veronica beccabunga Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Daisy Bellis perennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hadrobregmus denticollis Hadrobregmus denticollis
Hadrobregmus denticollis Hadrobregmus denticollis
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Mecinus pyraster Mecinus pyraster
Mecinus pyraster Mecinus pyraster White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss
Orthotrichum diaphanum
Orthotrichum diaphanum
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata 