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| Where: |
Bounded by the
A207 Park View Road, the A221 Danson Road, the A2 Rochester Way and
Danson Lane, Bexleyheath. View
Map |
Photo by Tony
Banks |
| How: |
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| Rail stations: |
Both Bexleyheath
and Welling Stations are 20-30 minutes walk away. |
| Buses: |
89, 96, 486,
B13, B14 and B16 |
| Entrances |
From
Bexleyheath use the junction of Danson Road and Park View Road at
Crook Log or Danson Road opposite Bean Road which is the vehicular
entrance. From Bexley or Sidcup use the entrance at the southern end
of Danson Road. From Welling use one of the two entrances in Danson
Lane-one is by Bexley G S and the other is by St John’s Church.
There are additional pedestrian entrances in Danson Road, Lakeside
Close and Radnor Avenue. |
| Facilities: |
Parking
is available by the Stables Pub/Restaurant which is open from noon
daily. Toilets are also sited by this car park and near the Mansion.
Park opening hours are 7.30 to dusk - see notice-boards for exact
times. |
| Site: |
There are
large areas of mown grass with individual mature deciduous trees
and copses. There is a mature oak wood in the N.W. corner and two
areas of mixed coniferous, deciduous and evergreen trees and bushes.
In addition there is the large lake with a bog garden at its western
end which, with part of the lake, is a designated nature reserve.
There are also formal gardens near the car park and a rock garden
with pools also at the western end of the lake. |
Photo by Tony
Banks |
| Contact: |
LBB
Ranger Service 0208 309 6638 |
| Walking: |
Allow
two to two and a half hours to cover all the key birding areas. |
| Birds: |
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| Winter: |
Pochard,
shoveler, gadwall, redwing, fieldfare, gulls (four species), kingfisher,
occasional siskin and lesser redpoll. |
| Summer: |
Chiffchaff,
blackcap, swift, nuthatch. |
| Resident: |
Canada
geese, mute swan, mallard, tufted duck, little grebe, coot, moorhen,
great crested grebe, ring necked parakeet, greater-spotted and green
woodpeckers, jay, magpie, crow, wood pigeon, stock dove, collared
dove, finches, thrushes, tits (four species) goldcrest dunnock, wren
plus a visiting sparrow hawk. |
| Migration: |
Martins,
swallow, wagtails, common sandpiper, warblers, teal. |
| Rarities: |
Lesser
spotted woodpecker, egyptian goose, wigeon, golden eye, eider, goosander,
black necked grebe, reed warbler, red crested pochard. |
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Photo by Tony
Banks |
| Mammals: |
Grey
Squirrel and the occasional Fox. |
| Butterflies: |
Speckled
Wood, Meadow Brown, Tortoiseshell, Whites, Peacock
Possible: Red Admiral, Gatekeeper, Orange Tip, Brimstone. |
| Comment: |
The key birding
areas are:
- The Lake
best viewed from the south side particularly the west end beyond
the island and in the nature reserve.
- The bog
garden and the rock garden.
- The oak
woods in the N.W. corner.
- The main
drive and adjacent mixed trees and bushes.
- The copse
near Lakeside Close.
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Photo by Tony
Banks |
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