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Cassiobury Park Nature Reserve

Hertfordshire  >  United Kingdom

Cassiobury Park is in Watford between the town centre and the River Gade. The reserve is sited next to the river and the Grand Union Canal.

Geplaatst* door Axel Kirby
Meest recente update 14 februari 2024

Beschrijving

The reserve contains a river and wet woodland adjacent to domestic gardens and a larger area of woods beyond the canal. It occupies 14 Hectares. Around 46 bird species breed in the reserve as well as other wildlife. The wet habitats found in Cassiobury Park Local Nature Reserve were once shallow watercress beds, fed with water from the river through a series of ditches. These have developed into marshland and open pools, surrounded by wet woodland of alder and willow, providing valuable cover and nesting sites for birds. There are also areas of grassland where birds such as Putter and Groenling feed on the seedheads of thistles and teasels.

Other birds you can see here are Kleine Bonte Specht, Grote Lijster, Zanglijster, Kramsvogel, Boomklever, Taigaboomkruiper, IJsvogel, Kleine Zilverreiger and Sijs.

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Toegang

Access by public transport: Bus: 352, W30 – Watford Station (0.4 miles). Rail: Watford Underground Station (0.4 miles). Access by road: Take the A412 Watford to Rickmansworth road for one mile. Turn right into Gade Avenue before the first major roundabout. Free car park situated just inside the park gates at the end of Gade Avenue. Entry is free. You can access this nature reserve through the wider Cassiobury Park using the Langley Way entrance. There is also access from Gade Avenue car park on Gade Avenue/Cassiobury Park Avenue, or via the park from Rickmansworth Road. There are good sealed paths around most of the reserve that would be suitable for wheelchair use. The wider Cassiobury Park has a cafe and facilities.

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