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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds✦ Heritage
Dogs welcome 10 ha
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51.56837, -0.14477
Open directionsv Waterlow Park is a 26-acre (11 ha) park in the southeast of Highgate Village, in north London. It was given to the public by Sir Sydney Waterlow, as "a garden for the gardenless" in 1889. It is located to the west of Swain's Lane.
Read more on Wikipedia → Urban park Grade II* listed park and garden c. 1889
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 ☕ Lauderdale House Cafe — 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 ☕ Lauderdale House Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 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, Mallard, Tufted Duck +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Eupeodes luniger +6 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Eupeodes luniger +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map 111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional cycle route
Show on map Regent's Canal Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Grand Union Canal towpath Cycling route ▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 5 link Cycling route ▾
Marylebone Station link
Named route Ref (5) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
57,141 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 57,141 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Woodpigeon +40
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackbird Turdus merula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Mole Talpa europaea2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Frog Rana temporaria Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes luniger · Epistrophe eligans · Suillia variegata +4
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus Nebria brevicollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 57,141 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Woodpigeon +40
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackbird Turdus merula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Mole Talpa europaea2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Common Frog Rana temporaria Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes luniger · Epistrophe eligans · Suillia variegata +4
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus Nebria brevicollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
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