Pheasant in Brookmill Park, London

My last post was about the parakeets that have settled and are thriving in London. I recently joined a nature walk from Loampit Vale to Blackheath in southeast London and whilst walking through Brookmill Park we saw a female pheasant. Apparently this bird had arrived a few weeks ago and seemed to have settled in the park.

Brookmill Park in Lewisham is a small but attractive park through which the Ravensbourne River flows.

Both upstream and downstream of the park, the river flows over concrete whereas in the park it is in its natural setting

 

There are some nice trees-

London plane

 Surprisingly the pussy willow was already out, it was only mid January. These are the furry catkins -

 

Pussy willow is popular for the Chinese during Chinese New Year which in 2015 is 19 Feb.