Home Park (Hampton Court Park), Richmond upon Thames, Middlesex

Middlesex 31st May 2025
recording
led by
Henry Miller

Joint with the London Natural History Society.

Meet at the Hampton Wick War Memorial on Hampton Court Road (TQ17486933) at 11.00 (11:00-16:00). Hampton Court Park contains a mosaic of acid and neutral grassland, as well as woodland and wetland habitats. It is part of the Bushy Park and Home Park Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The site includes regionally scarce plants especially clovers such as Trifolium micranthum (Slender Trefoil), Trifolium glomeratum (Clustered Clover), Trifolium striatum (Knotted Clover), Trifolium ornithopodioides (Bird’s Foot Clover) and Trifolium subterraneum (Subterranean Clover). In addition to general recording there are also a variety of sedges and rushes that we aim to find. The park is also a stronghold for Scilla autumnalis (Autumn Squill) flowering later in the year. Suitable for beginners and experts.

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