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51.51977, -0.12728
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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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ British Museum Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ British Museum Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Black-headed Gull, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Black-headed Gull, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Large Willow Aphid, 7-spot Ladybird, Epistrophe eligans +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large Willow Aphid, 7-spot Ladybird, Epistrophe eligans +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — White-tipped Bristle-moss · last seen 2026; Plants — White-tipped Bristle-moss · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
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Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
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Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
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Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
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Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 413 signed routes nearby
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Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Photos Rosetta Stone in the Egypt room at the British Museum
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Wildlife to spot
46,189 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 46,189 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Coot · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Greylag Goose +22
Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greylag Goose Anser anser Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black Swan Cygnus atratus Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Large Willow Aphid · Melanostoma scalare +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Small Black Ant Lasius niger Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 46,189 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Coot · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Greylag Goose +22
Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greylag Goose Anser anser Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black Swan Cygnus atratus Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Large Willow Aphid · Melanostoma scalare +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Small Black Ant Lasius niger Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci 