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Rodney Green

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.59575, -0.03048

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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
🅿️Parking 191m away — 8 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 191m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Coot, Moorhen +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Coot, Moorhen +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large Willow Aphid, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large Willow Aphid, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Stoke Newington stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring (Section 13)Walking route

Alternative step-free route in Springfield Park

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

145 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Cycleway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route

LCN 54Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 54Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 26Cycling route

Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

89,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

89,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Robin · Coot · Moorhen · Blackbird · Canada Goose +61

RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GadwallMareca strepera
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TealAnas crecca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

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Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects6 species

winter

2026

Large Willow Aphid · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dock Bug · Syrphus ribesii +1

Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

89,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Robin · Coot · Moorhen · Blackbird · Canada Goose +61

RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GadwallMareca strepera
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TealAnas crecca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects6 species

winter

2026

Large Willow Aphid · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dock Bug · Syrphus ribesii +1

Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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