I don't recall going to Danson Park (on the Bexleyheath / Welling border) since I was a sixth-former (1978-ish ....), so was interested in checking out the wildlife situation over there.
Much of it is formal/heavily mown grass, but there is now a largish, fenced-off wildlife area with a jungly array of tall trees and other vegetation largely surrounded by water.
Much of it is formal/heavily mown grass, but there is now a largish, fenced-off wildlife area with a jungly array of tall trees and other vegetation largely surrounded by water.
Wildlife area, Danson Park
Expanse of mown grass - a representative of a Friends Group wrote to me saying they were lobbying the Council to create meadow areasI was pleasantly surprised to find a lone Common Spotted Orchid. I went back some days later with my mate Jonathan Rooks who is involved with Bexley Heritage Trust who oversee Danson Park, and he got a GPS fix on it. By this time it had been somewhat chewed up, by the resident Geese, we thought.
Common Spotted Orchid near Danson Park lake
Other plants noted included:
Bulbous Buttercup
Colt's-foot
Spotted Medick
Brooklime
Water Mint
Gypsywort
Fool's Watercress
1 x Barbarea sp.
Buck's-horn Plantain
Birds included:
Around 23 Starlings
3 Ring-necked Parakeets
Several Long-tailed Tits
1 Great Tit
1 Blue Tit
3 Tufted Duck
1 Chiff-chaff (heard)
1 Robin
Several Canada Geese
6 Coot
3 Moorhen
Mallard
1 Mute Swan
1 Grey Heron
4 Swifts
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