🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
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Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.54631, -0.04972
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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 ☕ Cuppa Pug — 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 ☕ Cuppa Pug — 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· Paid 🧺 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 +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Magpie, Coot +50 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, Marmalade Hoverfly +167 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Marmalade Hoverfly +167 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 57 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
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
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Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
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Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
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Cycleway 16 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
43,457 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,457 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Magpie · Tufted Duck +19
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Owl Athene noctua Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Field Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Field Vole Microtus agrestis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis arbustorum · Syrphus +23
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,457 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Magpie · Tufted Duck +19
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Owl Athene noctua Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Field Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Field Vole Microtus agrestis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis arbustorum · Syrphus +23
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthophora plumipes
Anthophora plumipes
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
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
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys