Tower of St Elsyng Spital
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › City of London Getting here
51.51768, -0.09218
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 ☕ Pain Quotidien — 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 ☕ Pain Quotidien — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Rock Dove +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Rock Dove +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes +59 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Black Spleenwort +2 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Black Spleenwort +2 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 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 ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 544 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map Lee Valley VeloPark Road Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Private
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
28,931 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,931 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Starling · Blue Tit +19
Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Scathophaga stercoraria · Bibio johannis +4
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Bibio johannis Bibio johannis Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,931 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Starling · Blue Tit +19
Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Scathophaga stercoraria · Bibio johannis +4
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Bibio johannis Bibio johannis Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hoplia philanthus
Hoplia philanthus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 