Description
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 Чапля сіра .
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 Дятел середній, Дятел звичайний, Зелений дятел, Жовна чорна and Дятел малий . But also Жовна сива occurs and even Дятел сирійський and Дятел білоспинний were allready observed. Along with all those woodpeckers comes a variety of cavity-nesting birds as for instance Tits and Шпак звичайний. In two groups of old plane trees exist quite sizeable breeding-colonies of Галка звичайна. Other regularly occuring species during breeding season are Зозуля звичайна, Голуб-синяк and Вивільга звичайна.
Year round Крех великий, Чапля сіра, Баклан великий andРибалочка блакитний can be observed.
During winter the park gives home to Чепура велика, Чернь чубата, Сова вухата and a lot of singing birds such as different species of thrushes or finches.
Details
Access
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.

