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📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.41251, -0.31573

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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
♿Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
♿Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Coot, Grey Heron +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Coot, Grey Heron +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker +33 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Hollyhock · last seen 2025; Plants — Hollyhock · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Thames Down LinkWalking route

Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route

Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

London LOOP (Section 9)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

129 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 34Cycling route

Named routeRef 34Local cycle route

Cycleway 40Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 28Cycling route

Named routeRef C28

Wildlife to spot

118,161 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

118,161 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Grey Heron · Starling · Canada Goose +51

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus · Eupeodes · Epistrophe eligans · Scathophaga stercoraria

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
EupeodesEupeodes
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

118,161 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Grey Heron · Starling · Canada Goose +51

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus · Eupeodes · Epistrophe eligans · Scathophaga stercoraria

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
EupeodesEupeodes
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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