London - Lee Valley Park

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London - Lee Valley Park - The UK's Best Wildlife Locations
The park runs for 42km alongside the river Lee to the north of London and is even crossed by the M25. There are 32 different species of mammal, 500 flowering plants and a staggering number of bird life considering the proximity to London.

WHERE IS LEE VALLEY PARK?
The Lee Valley Information Centre is at Stubbins Hall Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 9EG and the park stretches between Ware in Hertfordshire to Leyton in London.

WILDLIFE OF LEE VALLEY PARK?
The Lee Valley Park is an important site for bitterns in the UK. Two winter visitors to look out for are the fieldfare and redwing.

Also look out for:

- otters
- kingfishers
- water voles
- bats (Daubenton's over the water and pipistrelle among the trees)
- snipe
- redshank
- over 20 species of dragonfly
- foxes
- badgers
- stoat
- muntjac
- fallow deer
- grass snakes
- woodpeckers

and much much more. The website is fantastic as you can enter a particular animal you are interested in and it will tell you when and where it has been sighted. Take a look here:

http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/wildlife/wildlife.aspx
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Also in: The UK's Best Wildlife Locations

Argyll - Ardnamurchan Peninsula
Argyll - The Isle of Mull
Bedfordshire - The Lodge: RSPB Headquarters in Sandy
Buckinghamshire - Burnham Beeches (Photo not for sale)
Cambridgeshire - Hampton reserve near Peterborough
Cambridgeshire - Paxton pits
Cambridgeshire - Wandlebury Country Park
Cambridgeshire - Wicken Fen
Cornwall - Roughtor
Cairngorms - Glen Clova
Cornwall - The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Devon - Eggesford
Devon - Offwell
Dumfriesshire - Caerlaverock
Durham - Low Barns

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