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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
51.45628, -0.26398
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Sheen Gate carpark 151m away — 4 car parks within reach, toilets nearby 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Sheen Gate carpark 151m away — 4 car parks within reach, toilets nearby £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🚻 Toilets
🦉 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, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Mute Swan, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Pottia, Marble Screw-moss, Hazel +29 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Pottia, Marble Screw-moss, Hazel +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans +24 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 26 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 (Section 08) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Boston Manor underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 198 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 Adam's Pond, Richmond Park
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Wildlife to spot
75,282 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 75,282 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Great Spotted Woodpecker +28
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tawny Owl Strix aluco Coot Fulica atra Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Tit Parus major Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swallow Hirundo rustica Gadwall Mareca strepera Redwing Turdus iliacus Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Violet Ground Beetle · Melanostoma scalare · Abax parallelepipedus +8
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa Lesser Stag Beetle Common Pottia · Marble Screw-moss · Hazel · Common Pincushion · Crescent-cup Liverwort +25
Common Pottia Tortula truncata Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Hazel Corylus avellana Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Hemlock Conium maculatum Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 75,282 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Great Spotted Woodpecker +28
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tawny Owl Strix aluco Coot Fulica atra Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Tit Parus major Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swallow Hirundo rustica Gadwall Mareca strepera Redwing Turdus iliacus Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Violet Ground Beetle · Melanostoma scalare · Abax parallelepipedus +8
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa Lesser Stag Beetle Common Pottia · Marble Screw-moss · Hazel · Common Pincushion · Crescent-cup Liverwort +25
Common Pottia Tortula truncata Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Hazel Corylus avellana Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Hemlock Conium maculatum Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis
Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
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
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata 