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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome92 ha
Getting here
51.56944, 0.07027
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 122m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 122m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Magpie, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Magpie, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Willow Emerald Damselfly, 24-spot Ladybird +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: VALENTINES MANSION
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Capital Ring link to West Ham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 20)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Green Link Walk (Section 1)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Greenway (section 4)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JGRegional walking route
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVW
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Local cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Photos
Trees - mostly real, Valentines Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
25,174 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,174 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Heron · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan +40
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter · Muntjac · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Syrphus · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 24-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Scarce Chaser +54
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,174 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Heron · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan +40
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter · Muntjac · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Syrphus · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 24-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Scarce Chaser +54
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta2025White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2025Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Loosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalis2025Loosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalis2025Picture-winged FlyDorycera graminum2025Picture-winged FlyDorycera graminum2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Anaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalis2025Anaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2025Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2025Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Anthribus fasciatusAnthribus fasciatus2025Anthribus fasciatusAnthribus fasciatus2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025ScaevaScaeva2025ScaevaScaeva202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Andrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinense2025Andrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinense2025Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2025Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Tachypeza nubilaTachypeza nubila2025Tachypeza nubilaTachypeza nubila2025MyopaMyopa2025MyopaMyopa2025Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2025Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2025Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes2025Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2024Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2024