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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.53073, -0.12195
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Blank Street Coffee — 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 ☕ Blank Street Coffee — 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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Coot +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Coot +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Southern Green Shieldbug +31 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Southern Green Shieldbug +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Mexican Fleabane, Fat-hen, Common Mallow +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Mexican Fleabane, Fat-hen, Common Mallow +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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 ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 396 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C6) Regional cycle route
Show on map Quietway 15 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
40,646 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 40,646 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot · Blue Tit +34
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Melanostoma scalare +5
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Small Black Ant Lasius niger Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 40,646 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot · Blue Tit +34
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Melanostoma scalare +5
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Small Black Ant Lasius niger Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
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 