Bio-diversity

London Fields is a big green space but in some respects it can be a “green desert.” Close-cut grass doesn’t provide any food or shelter for small animals and so doesn’t really support biodiversity.

The big trees – though beautiful – don’t form a big canopy and from an animal’s point of view London Fields can be a dangerous barrier to cross rather than a wildlife haven.

There is less animal and bird life than there once was. We have a lot of crows, some squirrels and a dwindling number of smaller birds. There were once woodpeckers, thrushes and other species but these are seldom seen now.

The London Fields User Group secured funding from the Council to help improve biodiversity. This includes building habitat such as log-piles, an aquatic habitat and restoring degraded ground cover. By building up these areas we will encourage more insects and other invertebrates, small mammals and amphibians. In turn this will provide more food and habitat for other animals improving biodiversity across the park.

Species seen in London Fields
Mammals
Fox, grey squirrel, bats
Insects and other invertebrates
Lesser Stag beetle,
Red Admiral Butterfly
Birds:
Crows, wood pigeons, Thrush, Sparrows, Robins, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Blackbirds
Plants

Reptiles and Amphibians
Common toad, common frog