Descrição
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 Felosa-comum, Toutinegra-de-barrette-preto and Papa-amoras-comum, but also breeding birds like papa-amoras-cinzento and Felosa-icterina are present. The small ponds and ditches are used by common species of waterfowl, like Frisada, Zarro-negrinha and Galeirão-comum, but species like Guarda-rios-comum, Zarro-comum and Marrequinha-comum are also present. In summer, Andorinha-do-mar-comum forages above these ditches and sometimes small groups of Gaivina-preta fly overhead. Small reedbeds are present in the northwestern en southeastern part of the park. Here, small numbers of Felosa-dos-juncos and rouxinol-dos-caniços breed, but also Rouxinol-bravo 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 Lugre and Tentilhão-comum.
Large extensive pastures are located on the northern side of the park. In summer, small numbers of Maçarico-de-bico-direito and Laverca breed here. In winter, large flocks of Ganso-grande-de-testa-branca, Ganso-de-faces-brancas and Cisne-vulgar forage on these pastures. The ditches between these pastures are used by large numbers of Piadeira and many other species of waterfowl. Also, large groups of Garça-branca-grande can be found here.
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Acesso
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.

