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Wetland Centre.
Aug. 2nd, 2007 10:21 pmSo today I met up with the parents and went to the London Wetland Centre. In case you aren't familiar with the place this is in Barnes, a short bus ride from Hammersmith. A little enclave of nature in the middle of the metropolis that not nearly enough people know about. Bitterns have been seen there, and there's a colony of water voles, and sand martin nest there, and a whole host of other neat abberrant theropods. And you should all go because its great.
In the space of an evening as well as the ubiquitous variety of ducks ('twas getting dark so identification wasn't easy), geese, swans, coots and moorhens, I saw lots of house martins feeding on the wing, herons, two Cormorants on their nest, marsh frogs, two Great Crested Grebes fishing, and an entire flock of Lapwings. Its definitely somewhere worth going to in the winter when the migrant waders start arriving.
In summer they do late night openings on Thursdays, closing at dusk, with a barbeque, and you can sit around, drinking beer, watching Lapwings and Grebes, and it's all rather good fun. Bring your binoculars, I heartily reccommend it.
In the space of an evening as well as the ubiquitous variety of ducks ('twas getting dark so identification wasn't easy), geese, swans, coots and moorhens, I saw lots of house martins feeding on the wing, herons, two Cormorants on their nest, marsh frogs, two Great Crested Grebes fishing, and an entire flock of Lapwings. Its definitely somewhere worth going to in the winter when the migrant waders start arriving.
In summer they do late night openings on Thursdays, closing at dusk, with a barbeque, and you can sit around, drinking beer, watching Lapwings and Grebes, and it's all rather good fun. Bring your binoculars, I heartily reccommend it.
