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Description
The city park "Steinse Groen" is a fairly new park on the eastern side of Gouda. The park mainly consists of high bushes and forested areas with small marshlands, ponds and ditches. In spring, the area is home to a variety of common songbirds, like budníček menší, pěnice černohlavá and pěnice hnědokřídlá, but also breeding birds like pěnice pokřovní and sedmihlásek hajní are present. The small ponds and ditches are used by common species of waterfowl, like kopřivka obecná, polák chocholačka and lyska černá, but species like ledňáček říční, polák velký and čírka obecná are also present. In summer, rybák obecný forages above these ditches and sometimes small groups of rybák černý fly overhead. Small reedbeds are present in the northwestern en southeastern part of the park. Here, small numbers of rákosník proužkovaný and rákosník obecný breed, but also cetie jižní can be found. The shallow parts of the area are home to grass snake and some parts also contain orchids. In winter, the area is mainly used by flocks of čížek lesní and pěnkava obecná.
Large extensive pastures are located on the northern side of the park. In summer, small numbers of břehouš černoocasý and skřivan polní breed here. In winter, large flocks of husa běločelá, berneška bělolící and labuť velká forage on these pastures. The ditches between these pastures are used by large numbers of hvízdák eurasijský and many other species of waterfowl. Also, large groups of volavka bílá can be found here.
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Access
The area is easy accessable on foot and by bike. You can park the car at several places near the park (see P on the map). Just follow the paved roads into the park and you can make a circular walk of about 2.5 km. There is a small "trekpontje" located in the northern part of the area, which means a small DIY ferry to cross a ditch. There's also an information sign in the eastern part of the park, explaining the nature on the extensive pastures to the east.