Many thanks to Dave Clark and the other Burgess Park bird recorders for checking up on the abundant bird life in Burgess Park.
As Dave writes:
“Burgess Park has locational advantages; it is not far from Thames and is characterised by superb vistas which allow birds sight lines of the lake and green areas. It is the considered management and provision of various habitats which are the key factors in attracting the abundance and diversity of birds: scrub, long grass, wild flower meadows, richly planted gardens and, of course, the important water feature.
“It is no surprise that many of the rarer species encountered were found in the less sterile environments, environments which we have been institutionalized to think of as rough and unkempt. These pejorative terms mask the positives. We should be thinking rich, diverse and life affirming. ‘Scrub is good’ is the mantra.”
Discover the many birds in Burgess Park on these pages:
2024
includes four years of sightings from 2021 to 2024