Battersea Park - Nature

• There are
  • around 4,200 trees, including over 235 species - 6 trees are the tallest or have the largest girth recorded in England, and 20 trees are the tallest or have the largest girth recorded in Greater London
  • over 240 species of shrubs
  • pictures of over 266 species of trees and (mostly) large shrubs on iNaturalist here.
  • over 30 different species or cultivars of trees planted in the Park in 2024-2025.
• Interactive map of trees of interest in particular months, and other trees
• Champion trees in Battersea Park, recorded by the Tree Register
• Map of Champion trees in Battersea Park, recorded by the Tree Register
• Click here for photos of plants and creatures taken in Battersea Park and posted on www.inaturalist.org. The table below shows the approximate number of species in Battersea Park which have been recorded on Inaturalist since 2012. (Some species identifications have not been confirmed and may be incorrect.)

  	Species recorded on Inaturalist (since 2012)
  Plants and creatures generally	at least 1,450
  Birds (not including Zoo birds)	54
  Flowering plants	over 570
  Trees and (mostly) large shrubs	266
  Insects	515
  Butterflies - click here for more information about butterflies in Battersea Park	15 (19 species on iRecord)
  Moths	171
  Bees - click here for the illustrations for a talk on bees, wasps and hoverflies given in July 2024	29
  Hover flies	26
  Beetles (including ladybirds)	56
  Spiders and Harvestmen	61
  Fungi (including lichens)	121
  Mosses and Liverworts - click here for a talk on mosses given on 25 March 2024	3029

  (table updated on 25 April 2025)

  
  
• Click here for some rare or unusual species seen in Battersea Park. More information about these species here.

Plants in the Winter Garden

• Flowers:
  • Cultivated plants (not to be confused with weeds) in the Winter Garden (this does not include trees and shrubs) - with photos (not taken in Battersea Park)
  • February 2008 planting schedule for the Winter Garden
  • Flowers include Snowdrop, Periwinkle, Hellebore, Anemone, Cyclamen, Violets, Daffodils, Iris, Lords and Ladies, Elephant's Ears, Primrose, Suberian Bugloss, Comfrey, Crocus, Barrenwort, Pachyphragmum, Siberian Squill
• Trees: Horse-chestnut, Lime, Huntingdon Elm, Holly, Persian Ironwood, Wych Hazel, Snowy Mespilus, Birch, Ash, Manna Ash, Hawthorn, Cherry (Prunus cerasifera, Prunus mume, Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis', Prunus serrula), Pine, Larch, London Plane, Paperbark Maple, Japanese Maple, Pittosporum
• Shrubs: Viburnum, Japanese Quince, Wintersweet, Silk Tassel Bush, Camellia, Winter Honeysuckle, Fatshedera, Ghost Bramble, Trifoliate Orange, Mahonia, Sweetbox, Alexandrian Laurel, Osmanthus, Dogwood, Mexican Orange, Rose
• Grasses and ferns: Wood-rush, Ferns
• Weeds in the Winter Garden - with photos (not taken in Battersea Park)
• Thrive and the Winter Garden (4 January 2022)
• Article in The Guardian by the designer, Dan Pearson (13 March 2011)

Other links related to Battersea Park

• Friends of Battersea Park
• Thrive
• Enable: Battersea Park
• Enable: trees in Wandsworth, including Tree Strategy
• www.batterseapark.org: more information about trees and nature in Battersea Park

For more detailed information, contact batterseaparktreewatchers@btinternet.com