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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.59748, 0.18510
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Egyptian Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 254m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Egyptian Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 254m 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 — Mallard, Egyptian Goose, Coot +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Egyptian Goose, Coot +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Stag Beetle +85 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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
65 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,213 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,213 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Badger · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel +1
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Green Shieldbug +27
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,213 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Badger · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel +1
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Green Shieldbug +27
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
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