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Wanstead Park Recreation Ground

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
⚽Playing fields 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

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Canada Goose, Mute Swan +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Canada Goose, Mute Swan +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Ruddy Darter +21 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Ruddy Darter +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

The LineWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to West Ham stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Jubilee Greenway (section 5)Walking route

Named routeRef JGRegional walking route

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Cycling

129 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripPrivate

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVW

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 24Cycling route

Named routeRef C24Regional cycle route

Cycleway 16Cycling route

Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

77,703 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

77,703 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Canada Goose · Common Gull · Mute Swan +48

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspring

2026

Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +2

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
SyrphusSyrphus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

77,703 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Canada Goose · Common Gull · Mute Swan +48

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspring

2026

Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +2

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
SyrphusSyrphus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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