Wanstead Park

From Londonbirders

Wanstead Park is situated in North East London, and (if you include a part of Epping Forest which joins it on the Western Boundary) covers 74 hectares. The park is managed by the Corporation of London. The habitat includes several lakes and ponds, some old forest, and open grassland. An excellent website with detailed information about the park can be found here [1]

Wanstead Flats http://www.wansteadwildlife.org.uk/LOCATION_FILES/WANSTEAD_FLATS/Wanstead_Flats_Text.htm lie to the south of Wanstead Park, separated only by a few residential streets. It is a much bigger area than the park, and is largely grassland, with gorse and broom, and a few copses. There is also a few ponds, all much smaller than those in Wanstead Park. At the north-western end of the Flats, the southern tip of Epping Forest begins, an area known as Bush Wood. This is an extremely old and reasonably dense woodland, mainly Oak and Hornbeam. http://www.wansteadwildlife.org.uk/LOCATION_FILES/BUSH_WOOD/Bush_Wood_text.htm

So far I have noted 71 species in this area.

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