Bushy Park Nature Diary - January
As this is the first entry on my blog, I thought I’d kick it off by introducing you to my “Patch.” If you’re not familiar with the term it’s usually used by birders to describe the local area that they frequent on a regular basis and are most familiar with. In many ways I have a couple of patches, but if I had to choose one it would have to be Bushy Park. Looking towards the National Physical Laboratory - there's often a flock of black-headed gulls on here Bushy is one of the Royal Parks, situated in Zone 6 in the Borough of Richmond on Thames, and it is a very special place indeed. I'm lucky enough to live a quick five minute walk from one of the gates but it’s easily accessible from Teddington, Kingston and Hampton. It's the second biggest Royal Park at 445 hectares, and has a mix of habitats ranging from large stands of open grassland to dense scrubby woodlands. Most of the park is a designated SSSI because of the invertebrates lurking in the grasslands. Qu