Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.34850, -0.12999
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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
- 🌿Foraging 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
- 🌿Foraging 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 — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Marbled White +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Marbled White +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wandle-Oaks LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Whyteleafe stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
170 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 213Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 213Local cycle route
LCN 77 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (77)Local cycle route
LCN 75 (parallel Croydon route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (75)Local cycle route
Route 212Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 212Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route (21)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route - short linking loop around the Sports Ground / Oasis Academy Arena
Named routeRef (21)Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,907 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,907 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +35
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · 7-spot Ladybird · Small White · Common Blue · Red Admiral +5
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,907 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +35
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · 7-spot Ladybird · Small White · Common Blue · Red Admiral +5
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
