St Albans Road East Recreational Ground 2 ha
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Places › England › Eastern › Welwyn Hatfield Getting here
51.76402, -0.22048
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Jersey Tiger, Southern Hawker, Clogmia albipunctata +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Jersey Tiger, Southern Hawker, Clogmia albipunctata +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 46 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Old Railway & River Lea Walking route 7.9 km ▾
After a brief visit to the remains of Wheathampstead railway station, the walk follows the Ayot Greenway (route of the Permanent Way) to Ayot Green. The return journey follows the course of the River Lea.
Named route Length 7.9 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map WGC100 Centenary Walk Walking route 20.2 km ▾
Created for Welwyn Garden City's 100th anniversary, a circular walk around the whole town
Named route Length 20.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Blue Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Endymion Road public footpath · 7 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 7 m Path type: footway
Show on map Link Walk public footpath · 66 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 66 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Great North Road public footpath · 93 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 93 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map 104 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN12 proposed rerouting Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Ayot Greenway Cycling route ▾
Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN 12 delisted Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
35,392 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 35,392 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Rock Dove +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Stock Dove Columba oenas Whitethroat Curruca communis Common Gull Larus canus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Linnet Linaria cannabina Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba Herring Gull Larus argentatus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Skylark Alauda arvensis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Feral Cat Felis catus 🐝 Insects 13 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Jersey Tiger · Clogmia albipunctata · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Common Darter +8
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Winter Heliotrope · Mistletoe · Lesser Spearwort · Blue Anemone · Red Dead-nettle +5
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula2025 Blue Anemone Anemone apennina2025 Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025 Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 35,392 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Rock Dove +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Stock Dove Columba oenas Whitethroat Curruca communis Common Gull Larus canus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Linnet Linaria cannabina Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba Herring Gull Larus argentatus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Skylark Alauda arvensis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Feral Cat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Feral Cat Felis catus 🐝 Insects 13 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Jersey Tiger · Clogmia albipunctata · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Common Darter +8
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Winter Heliotrope · Mistletoe · Lesser Spearwort · Blue Anemone · Red Dead-nettle +5
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula2025 Blue Anemone Anemone apennina2025 Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2025 Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Water Lily Aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Water Lily Aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha 2025
2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2025
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2025
Dandelion Taraxacum2025
Dandelion Taraxacum2025
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare2024
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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