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51.56165, -0.12910
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Whittington Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Whittington Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Batman Hoverfly +131 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Batman Hoverfly +131 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Broad-leaved Dock, Skullcap, Hedge Mustard +26 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Broad-leaved Dock, Skullcap, Hedge Mustard +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 Capital Ring link to Clapton 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 161 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local 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
Show on map Photos Path through Whittington Park
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Wildlife to spot
29,156 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 29,156 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Black-headed Gull +33
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Rabbit
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis +22
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Syrphus Syrphus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Skullcap
Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 29,156 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Black-headed Gull +33
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Rabbit
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis +22
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Syrphus Syrphus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Skullcap
Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kidney-spot Ladybird
Kidney-spot Ladybird
Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Epuraea aestiva Epuraea aestiva2025
Epuraea aestiva Epuraea aestiva2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita2025
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita2025
Phaonia pallida Phaonia pallida2025
Phaonia pallida Phaonia pallida2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium2025
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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