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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Redbridge Getting here
51.55664, 0.09185
Open directionsv 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 🛝 Playground 182m 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Peregrine, Mallard, Canada Goose +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Mallard, Canada Goose +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Stag Beetle, 2-spot Ladybird, White-faced Mason Bee +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, 2-spot Ladybird, White-faced Mason Bee +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74 Walking route ▾
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Seven Kings Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7KG Local cycle route
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Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station
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Wildlife to spot
18,405 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,405 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Robin +46
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · White-faced Mason Bee · Firebug · Willow Emerald Damselfly +2
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,405 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Robin +46
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · White-faced Mason Bee · Firebug · Willow Emerald Damselfly +2
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus White-faced Mason Bee Osmia (Osmia) cornuta Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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