Descripción
Old Laxenburg Castle became a Habsburg possession in 1333. After 1780, the castle garden was rearranged as an English landscape garden. It contains an artificial pond with several partly not accessible islands. One island accommodates a huge colony of Garza Real .
There are a lot of old trees and several species of woodpecker can easily be found. Most resident species have short flight distances. Common are Pico Mediano, Pico Picapinos, Pito Real, Picamaderos Negro and Pico Menor . But also Pito Cano occurs and even Pico Sirio and Pico Dorsiblanco were allready observed. Along with all those woodpeckers comes a variety of cavity-nesting birds as for instance Tits and Estornino Pinto. In two groups of old plane trees exist quite sizeable breeding-colonies of Grajilla Occidental. Other regularly occuring species during breeding season are Cuco Común, Paloma Zurita and Oropéndola Europea.
Year round Serreta Grande, Garza Real, Cormorán Grande andMartín Pescador Común can be observed.
During winter the park gives home to Garceta Grande, Porrón Moñudo, Búho Chico and a lot of singing birds such as different species of thrushes or finches.
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Accesso
You can get there by bus from Vienna or by car. There are free parking lots just outside the main entrance. During working-hours a small entrance-fee is to be paid. Currently it is opened from 7 am to 3 pm.

