The Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary Local Nature Reserve

The Wood is a public park in Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London. Part of it is a bird sanctuary named after the naturalist Richard Jefferies. The 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) site is designated as a Local Nature Reserve called 'The Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary'. The Woods was a nineteenth century house which had a lake and woods in its grounds. In the 1930s the house was demolished, and in 1947 Surbiton Council compulsorily purchased the site and turned it into a park. In 1980 the upper part of the park was fenced off to form a bird sanctuary. The site is wooded, and has typical woodland birds such as great spotted woodpeckers and tawny owls. Invertebrates include stag beetles. There is access from Oak Hill Grove.

Location

Kingston upon Thames