Claybury Park Has a Diverse Range of Birds
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RADAR keys are are keys RADAR access. wheelchair or buggy Rare birds that have been recorded in in recorded been have that birds Rare rehabilitation the in key considered site, the of edges the on grow blackthorn will open up the kissing gates for large large for gates kissing the up open will Claybury Park has a diverse range of birds. birds. of range diverse a has Park Claybury Roding Lane North for park entrances. park for North Lane Roding their wild and natural feel as they were were they as feel natural and wild their and hawthorn of hedges Magnificent All access gates have a radar key lock that that lock key radar a have gates access All variety of fungi. fungi. of variety 275 bus, alight on either Tomswood Hill or or Hill Tomswood either on alight bus, 275 400 years), were managed to preserve preserve to managed were years), 400 woodland. the throughout seen Wheelchair Access Wheelchair In autumn, Claybury also has a huge huge a has also Claybury autumn, In if continuously tree covered for over over for covered tree continuously if be also can cherry wild and ash beam, Ravensbourne Gardens. Ravensbourne seen. be also can archangel yellow and beer. Field maple, birch, rowan, white white rowan, birch, maple, Field beer. ancient woodland (classified as such such as (classified woodland ancient Wedmore Avenue, Calne Avenue and and Avenue Calne Avenue, Wedmore Ravensbourne Gardens. Ravensbourne ancient woodland, such as wood anemone anemone wood as such woodland, ancient and the berries were once used to flavour flavour to used once were berries the and Hospital). The grounds, particularly the the particularly grounds, The Hospital). adjacent to bus stops close to side roads roads side to close stops bus to adjacent Acle Close gate and entrances along along entrances and gate Close Acle stitchwort. Plants which are indicative of of indicative are which Plants stitchwort. 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The wild service tree, which is is which tree, service wild The wildlife. the site in order to preserve its naturalness. naturalness. its preserve to order in site the area and a green cycle and walking route route walking and cycle green a and area Bicycle and provide a valuable home to the park’s park’s the to home valuable a provide and Repton, who made only limited changes to to changes limited only made who Repton, ends of the park for easy access to the play play the to access easy for park the of ends trees in the park; both are native species species native are both park; the in trees the famous landscape designer Humphrey Humphrey designer landscape famous the exercise. Hard paths link the east and west west and east the link paths Hard exercise. 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Volunteering is is Volunteering Park. Claybury at workdays or Tomswood Hill for Claybury Park. Claybury for Hill Tomswood or also found. Muntjac deer are also seen seen also are deer Muntjac found. also value ecological and historical and Tom Putt. Tom and number of events and practical volunteer volunteer practical and events of number Barkingside. Alight on Roding Lane North North Lane Roding on Alight Barkingside. specialist the yellow-necked mouse, are are mouse, yellow-necked the specialist of the area and preserving its its preserving and area the of including Blenhim Orange, Laxtons Superb Superb Laxtons Orange, Blenhim including Nature Conservation Ranger Team run a a run Team Ranger Conservation Nature the 275 bus adjacent to the station towards towards station the to adjacent bus 275 the many small mammals, such as woodland woodland as such mammals, small many heritage space open and wildness process. Heritage varieties were chosen chosen were varieties Heritage process. Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure’s Leisure’s and Culture Redbridge Vision Woodford Central Line tube station: Catch Catch station: tube Line Central Woodford hooting. Bats roost in the old trees and and trees old the in roost Bats hooting. towards protecting the naturalness, naturalness, the protecting towards in 2014 and 2016 as part of the restoration restoration the of part as 2016 and 2014 in the park at night, you can hear tawny owls owls tawny hear can you night, at park the Management of the park is focused focused is park the of Management little each year and new trees were planted planted were trees new and year each little for prey. For those brave enough to visit visit to enough brave those For prey. for century. 12th the as back volunteers. The trees are carefully pruned a a pruned carefully are trees The volunteers. sparrowhawk flying overhead searching searching overhead flying sparrowhawk far as dating history fascinating many hundreds of years ago. ago. years of hundreds many Conservation Rangers and their band of of band their and Rangers Conservation inside to the sky, one can even spot a kestrel or or kestrel a spot even can one sky, the to for wildlife and people alike and has a a has and alike people and wildlife for wildlife that once was common in this area area this in common was once that wildlife it is managed by the borough’s Nature Nature borough’s the by managed is it information in the parkland fields and if you look up up look you if and fields parkland the in important public open spaces.