St Benedict's Playing Fields
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🦉 Wildlife⚽ Pitches🦅 Birds
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Ealing Getting here
51.53059, -0.32622
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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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ 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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Wren +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Wren +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +182 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +182 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
The Gruffalo Trail Walking route 500 m ▾
Named route Length 500 m Round trip Local walking route
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Cycleway 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C9 Regional cycle route
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Cycleway 9 Cycling route ▾
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Named route Ref C34 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
49,752 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 49,752 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Mallard · Magpie · House Sparrow · Moorhen +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coot Fulica atra Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Common Gull Larus canus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Gadwall Mareca strepera Nuthatch Sitta europaea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Beaver Castor fiber Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Cheilosia grossa +6
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa Syrphus Syrphus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 49,752 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Mallard · Magpie · House Sparrow · Moorhen +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coot Fulica atra Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Common Gull Larus canus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Gadwall Mareca strepera Nuthatch Sitta europaea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Beaver Castor fiber Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Cheilosia grossa +6
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa Syrphus Syrphus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025 