Riverside Lands School Playing Fields
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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51.47474, -0.26113
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 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 — Mallard, Grey Heron, Moorhen +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Moorhen +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Field-speedwell, Dandelion +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Field-speedwell, Dandelion +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Dandelion, White Dead-nettle +2 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans, Melanostoma scalare +7 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans, Melanostoma scalare +7 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 24 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 208 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q 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
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Wildlife to spot
170,754 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 170,754 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Coot +23
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Magpie Pica pica Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Gadwall Mareca strepera Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Teal Anas crecca Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Syritta pipiens · Suillia variegata +4
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Gorse Shieldbug Red Dead-nettle · Common Field-speedwell · Dandelion · White Dead-nettle · Crescent-cup Liverwort +21
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Dandelion Taraxacum White Dead-nettle Lamium album Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 170,754 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Coot +23
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Magpie Pica pica Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Gadwall Mareca strepera Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Teal Anas crecca Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Syritta pipiens · Suillia variegata +4
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Gorse Shieldbug Red Dead-nettle · Common Field-speedwell · Dandelion · White Dead-nettle · Crescent-cup Liverwort +21
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Dandelion Taraxacum White Dead-nettle Lamium album Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Piezodorus lituratus
Piezodorus lituratus
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Jet Ant Lasius fuliginosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
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
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis
Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
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