Wildlife sightings
We'd love to hear about the wildlife you’ve spotted in Lee Valley Regional Park. Every record helps us to monitor how species are doing throughout the park and will also feed into wider county records.
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Recent sightings in the park
Near Kings Weir
30/10/24, 15:15
Single young Muntjac deer
David
Wildlife Discovery Centre, Fishers Green
14/10/24, 09:30
Great Spotted Woodpecker meets Ring-necked Parakeet
Paula Moore
Holyfield Marsh Bridge
11/10/24, 12:00
Common Darter
Matthew Taylor
River Lee Navigation
23/09/24, 14:30
Kingfisher
Sam
Amwell
03/09/24, 23:00
Migrant Hawker
Stuart Fox
Thistly Marsh
09/08/24, 14:00
Speckled Brown butterfly
Matthew Taylor
Thistly Marsh
09/08/24, 11:00
Comma butterfly
Matthew Taylor
Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
02/08/24, 14:50
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars
David Moir
Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
26/07/24, 14:50
Wasp. Possible Ectemnius sp
David Moir
River Lee Country Park
24/07/24, 20:30
Badger
Tom Reilly
Amwell Nature Reserve
29/10/24, 13:15
Wren
Paul Griffiths
Fishers Green
14/10/24, 09:15
Water Rail from WDC
Paula Moore
Walthamstow Marshes
07/10/24, 15:15
Stonechat (male and female), Wheatear, 9x Meadow Pipits, Jackdaw
Marcin Kempa
West side of Seventy Acres Lake, Fishers Green
19/09/24, 14:00
Bittern
Sean
Myddelton House, Enfield
02/09/24, 12:15
Willow Emerald Damselfly, Azure Blue Damselfly, Common Darter and Migrant Hawker.
Jo Gildersleve
Holyfield Marsh
09/08/24, 13:00
Gatekeeper butterfly
Matthew Taylor
Thistly Marsh
09/08/24, 11:00
Meadow Brown butterfly
Matthew Taylor
Fishers Green
31/07/24, 12:10
Grass Snake
paula and paul moore
Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
26/07/24, 14:15
Hoverfly - Eristalis sp.
David Moir
Myddelton House Gardens
24/07/24, 12:00
Jersey Tiger Moth
Dawn R
Fishers Green
14/10/24, 09:30
Great Spotted Woodpecker from WDC
Paula Moore
North Metropolitan Pit
11/10/24, 12:30
Shoveler
Matthew Taylor
Reedbed in front of Wildlife Discovery Centre, Fishers Green
29/09/24, 23:30
Water Rail, Migrant Hawker Dragonfly
Dawn Richardson
Lee Valley Showground, River Lee Country Park
06/09/24, 09:28
Northern Wheatear - hopping around on the Showground grass
Rebekah Weatherhead
Holyfield Hall Farm
01/09/24, 15:30
Two Whinchat (m & f) on the path towards Nazeing
David
Thistly Marsh
09/08/24, 11:00
Green-veined White butterfly
Matthew Taylor
Myddelton House Gardens
05/08/24, 12:45
Beautiful Demoiselle, approx. 2 male and 5 female
Dawn R
Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
28/07/24, 14:00
Hornet Hoverfly - Volucella zonaria
David Moir
Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
26/07/24, 12:15
Soldierfly - Stratiomys potamida (Banded General)
David Moir
Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
21/07/24, 14:15
Norfolk Hawker dragonfly
David Moir