Descrição
The area is flat but tends to get muddy in the winter. There is a car park but be aware that the gates are locked at dusk. If the place is locked, there is parking on roads nearby (but there may be some restrictions in parts of the Watercolour housing development). Mercer's Park takes a couple of hours to explore thoroughly. There are several lakes. The most productive one is usually Spyne's Mere, which is a designated nature reserve. On a good day you can see a good variety of water birds, with a few Mergulhão-de-crista, Piadeira and many Marrequinha-comum, Zarro-negrinha, Frisada and Mergulhão-pequeno.
You can often find Lugre and pintarroxo-pequeno in the alder trees and winter thrushes. Less easy to find are coruja-da-igreja / coruja-das-torres and occasional Merganso-pequeno.
There are plenty of Andorinha-das-barreiras in season, which sometimes attract Ógea. Warblers and finches are plentiful.
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Mercer's Country Park is located northeast of Redhill in Nutfield, Surrey, RH1 4EU, OS Map Reference TQ291513 & TQ 307524.
