Sandy Heath - Urban woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.56729, -0.17480
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 11)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ■Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ■Local cycle route
Route ■Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ■Local cycle route
LCN 85 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (85)Local cycle route
LCN 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Cycleway 38Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C38Regional cycle route
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Spaniard's Road, Hempstead Heath
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Wildlife to spot
53,013 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
53,013 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen · Tufted Duck +38
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lesser Stag Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae +3
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,013 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen · Tufted Duck +38
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lesser Stag Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae +3
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis
Black ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidus