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St Matthias Church

📷 John Salmon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +52 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2024; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2024

Free

Cycling

Moderate match

Named cycling route nearby: LCN 5

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route

Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring (Section 11)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Hendon Central underground stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 85 linkCycling route

Named routeRef (85)Local cycle route

LCN 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Proyer's PathCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 45Cycling route

Named routeRef 45Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

25,263 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,263 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie +74

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
South African ShelduckTadorna cana2025

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Mammals10 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Nathusius's Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023

🐝

Insects55 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +50

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2025
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Eriosoma lanuginosumEriosoma lanuginosum2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
HornetVespa crabro2023
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
German WaspVespula germanica2023
Common Spiny Digger WaspOxybelus uniglumis2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Chalk Yellow-face BeeHylaeus dilatatus2023
EristalisEristalis2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2023

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2024

Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,263 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie +74

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
South African ShelduckTadorna cana2025

🦌

Mammals10 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Nathusius's Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023

🐝

Insects55 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +50

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2025
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Eriosoma lanuginosumEriosoma lanuginosum2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
HornetVespa crabro2023
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
German WaspVespula germanica2023
Common Spiny Digger WaspOxybelus uniglumis2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Chalk Yellow-face BeeHylaeus dilatatus2023
EristalisEristalis2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2023

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2024

Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Salmon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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