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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.56194, -0.12860
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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
- ☀️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 — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️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, Rock Dove, Blue Tit +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Blue Tit +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional 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
166 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Regent's CanalCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
River Lee NavigationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Grand Union Canal towpathCycling route▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,992 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,992 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard +37
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eupeodes luniger +7
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,992 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard +37
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eupeodes luniger +7
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Epuraea aestivaEpuraea aestiva2025Epuraea aestivaEpuraea aestiva202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Events & activities nearby
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