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Originally Posted by aeshna5  I'm quite heavily involved with LWC so know it very well + do various wildlife courses there. Not far from there is a small Local Nature Reserve managed by Richmond Council called Lonsdale Road LNR (also called Leg of Mutton due to it's shape) where we have a min. of 4 pairs of Herons nesting on rafts at water level- the only place I know where they breed like this. We also normally have 1 or 2 pairs of Common Tern, though sadly they didn't breed last year. Usually plenty of Cormorants, breeding Dabchick, common wildfowl, Breeding Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, currently a pair of Tawny Owl, Reed Warblers, Blackcaps.
It's also excellent for bats-especially Daubenton's as well as a variety of exotics such as Red-eared Terrapin, Marsh Frog + Ring-necked Parakeet. If you like you can pm me as I'm leading a public walk there in late May which will be a general natural history tour.
If you want to explore more places around London have a look at the programme of the London Natural History Society on their web page. |
I'll second the Leg o' Mutton, I did some work down there recently with BTCV. A couple of dabchicks and what I thought might have been a glimpse of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker were the highlights of my day.
Shame I'm away Aeshna, otherwise I'd have been interested in a guided walk there.
Slightly closer to the wetlands centre, I'd also say Barnes common is worth a walk round. Quite a large
Badgers sett there, amongst other things.