Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

Mallards, moorhens and Canada geese all nest on the small island that is covered with alder trees. Grey herons are regular visitors, and more unusual birds occasionally turn up, including a water rail during a cold spell in a recent winter. The pond has little marginal vegetation other than a little marsh marigold, purple loosestrife and pendulous sedge, which survives in planters. A few non-native trees have been planted at the pond's edge.The area of parkland beside the River Ravensbourne, to the southwest of the pond, has a good number of scattered trees, including ash and beech. There are a few scattered shrubs of hawthorn and elder. Amenity grassland is located beneath trees and shrubs near to the roads and a mixture of tall flowers and rough grassland near the River Ravensbourne. Here the river runs over a naturally gravelly bed, contained between wooden toe-boards. Marginal vegetation is limited and sparse, with pendulous sedge being most apparent. Butterbur, an uncommon plant in London, has been recorded beside the river here.

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