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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.54887, -0.04272
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Bread & Oregano — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Bread & Oregano — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Magpie, Coot +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Magpie, Coot +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +134 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +134 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 56 signed routes nearby
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Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
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Cycleway 16 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
61,467 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 61,467 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Magpie · Moorhen +24
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Owl Athene noctua Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Teal Anas crecca 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Field Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Field Vole Microtus agrestis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis arbustorum · Scathophaga stercoraria +21
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 61,467 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Magpie · Moorhen +24
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Owl Athene noctua Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Teal Anas crecca 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Field Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Field Vole Microtus agrestis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis arbustorum · Scathophaga stercoraria +21
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cetonia aurata
Cetonia aurata
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor
Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
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