Royal Military Academy Cricket Ground
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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 🛝 Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Common Cord-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Common Cord-moss · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map 334 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,167 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,167 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Bat Chiroptera Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Emperor Dragonfly +11
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,167 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Bat Chiroptera Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Emperor Dragonfly +11
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hairy Shieldbug
Hairy Shieldbug
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii 