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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 23 ha
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51.57494, 0.13167
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 163m 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 163m 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Box Tree Moth, Holly Blue +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Box Tree Moth, Holly Blue +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Bluebell, Japanese Knotweed +16 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Bluebell, Japanese Knotweed +16 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Forests Way Walking route 96 km ▾
Named route Length 96 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Public Right of Way 74 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref 74 Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 20) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP Link to Chigwell Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 21) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map 65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Roding Valley Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RVW Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike Course Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,451 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Rock Dove +33
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rock Dove Columba livia Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Barn Owl Tyto alba Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2023 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Teal Anas crecca2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo2022 Stag Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +10
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,451 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Rock Dove +33
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rock Dove Columba livia Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Barn Owl Tyto alba Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2023 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Teal Anas crecca2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo2022 Stag Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +10
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad Centurion
Broad Centurion
Chloromyia formosa2024
Chloromyia formosa2024
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2023
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2023
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2022
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2022
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2021
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2021
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2021
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2021
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2021
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2021
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2021
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2021
Eristalinus sepulchralis Eristalinus sepulchralis2021
Eristalinus sepulchralis Eristalinus sepulchralis2021
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021 