The Knoll is a secluded recreation ground with many trees, some veteran, and several lakes with an interesting aquatic flora and breeding waterfowl. It is divided in two by a minor road and occurs along a minor valley surrounded by residential housing.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
The Knoll
Borough: Bromley
Grade: Local
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 3.01 ha
Description
Wildlife
There are many mature trees, including some venerable pedunculate oaks and beech and a large number of younger yews, providing habitat for a good diversity of common birds. Crack willows overhang a line of ponds linked by a stream. The northern pond has breeding wildfowl and is heavily shaded. The southern lakes have a good aquatic flora, including curled pondweed and rigid hornwort, though two ponds are carpeted in the aquatic aliens water-fern and least duckweed. The pond margins are planted with an attractive mix of alien and native species, including bamboo, yellow iris, and common club-rush. Two species of breeding dragonflies, broad-bodies chaser and large red damselfly were recorded, and more probably occur here. The ponds may have breeding amphibians.Facilities
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Moorhen © André Van-Looy
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