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Whetstone Stray

36 ha

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Totteridge & Whetstone Station Car Park 90m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Totteridge & Whetstone Station Car Park 90m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter +18 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route

Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route

Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route

This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.

Named routeLocal walking route

New River PathWalking route

Named routeRef NRRegional walking route

London LOOP (Section 17)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Dollis Valley Greenwalkpublic footpath · 1 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1 kmSurface asphaltPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

36 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 85 linkCycling route

Named routeRef (85)Local cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN 54Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Cycleway 20Cycling route

Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

19,455 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,455 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Redwing · Long-tailed Tit +43

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CootFulica atra
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 16-spot Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,455 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Redwing · Long-tailed Tit +43

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CootFulica atra
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 16-spot Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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