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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
🅿️Springbridge Road 340m away — 8 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
🅿️Springbridge Road 340m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

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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 — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, Rose Chafer, Dark-edged Bee-fly +4 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, Rose Chafer, Dark-edged Bee-fly +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Cycleway 40

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route

Named route

The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

80 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33Local cycle route

LCN 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33Local cycle route

LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route

Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route

Cycleway 34Cycling route

Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 40Cycling route

Named routeRef 40Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

47,691 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

47,691 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Robin · Bittern +54

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
RobinErithacus rubecula
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

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Mammals3 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects7 species

springautumn

2026

Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Baccha elongata · Platycheirus scutatus +2

Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

47,691 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Robin · Bittern +54

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
RobinErithacus rubecula
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects7 species

springautumn

2026

Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Baccha elongata · Platycheirus scutatus +2

Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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