Bird Watching sights in London
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London Wetland Centre
One of Europe’s largest inland wetland projects, this 43-hectare centre run by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust was transformed from four Victorian reservoirs in 2000 and attracts some 140 species of bird as well as 300 types of moth and butterfly. From the Visitor Centre and glassed-in Observatory overlooking the ponds, meandering paths and boardwalks lead visitors around the grounds, taking in the habitats of its many residents, including ducks, swans, geese and coots and the rarer bitterns, herons and kingfishers. There’s even a large colony of parakeets, which may or may not be the descendants of caged pets. By no means miss the Peacock Tower, a three-storey hide on the …
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