Description
In Wormwood Scrubs you will see an array of the usual urban UK species, such as Eurasian Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, European Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Dunnock, Blackbird, Magpie, etc. It is also the site of an enormous Rose-ringed Parakeet roost, as well as holding a large number of Carrion Crow.
Winter will usually have European Stonechat and Meadow Pipit. Spring and summer will bring Blackcap and usually both Greater Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat. Migration often sees Northern Wheatear and Whinchat. Scarcer passage migrants in 2021 included Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler and Common Redstart.
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Access
There is a small carpark, but several tube stations are a few minutes walk away. The nearest to Wormwood Scrubs is the tube station of East Acton.
