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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Wandsworth Getting here
51.43517, -0.14147
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 🅿️ Parking nearby, toilets nearby — easy to reach by car 🌤️ 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 nearby, toilets nearby — easy to reach by car £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly +101 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly +101 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove Walking route ▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map link to West Dulwich station Walking route ▾
signposted link from West Dulwich station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C link Regional walking route
Show on map 248 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 26 Cycling route ▾
Section of LCN26 in Lambeth. Signage does not use the route number. Signed as westbound to Tooting, eastbound to Streatham Common & Norwood (doesn't reach the latter, though)
Named route Ref 26 Local cycle route
Show on map Spine Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
47,919 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 47,919 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie +29
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Greylag Goose Anser anser Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus scutatus · Platycheirus albimanus +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 47,919 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie +29
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Greylag Goose Anser anser Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus scutatus · Platycheirus albimanus +5
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025 