The Park is home to many types of bird. A quick walk around the lake usually reveals various waterfowl, heron and cormorants. In the past there have been black swans and a healthy Grebe population.
Earlier this year (2007) the RSPB ran a couple of bird spotting events, on the south side of the lake. Here is a list of what was spotted:
| Peregrine falcon |
| Kestrel |
| Sparrowhawk |
| Carrion crow |
| Magpie |
| Lesser black backed gull |
| Black headed gull |
| Parakeet |
| Ruddy duck |
| Mallard |
| Pochard |
| Gadwall |
| Moorhen |
| Coot |
| Cormorant |
| Tufted duck |
| Grey heron |
| Great crested grebe |
| Mute swan |
| Canada goose |
| Greylag goose |
| Wood pigeon |
| Feral pigeon |
| Blackbird |
| Blue tit |
| Great tit |
| Coal tit |
| Wren |
| Greenfinch |
| Robin |
| Great spotted woodpecker |
| Green woodpecker |
The Friends Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 6th July, starting 7:30pm, at All Saints Church, 100 Prince of Wales Drive, SW11. This is your chance to meet the Friends Committee, Wandsworth Council's Park Managment and other enthusiastic Park users. Refreshments will be available. Please do come along and let us know your views.
The Friends of Battersea Park team of Sophie Campbell, Angela Grant, Joanne Taylor and Sherrin Thompson has been invited to run in the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge on 8th July, raising money for the final phase of the Winter Garden. The team invite you to sponsor them towards the Friends’ next target, which is raising money for the shrubs, perennials and bulbs, Twelve camellia sasanquas will cost £300, three mature magnolia loebneri cost £220 each, and 6600 snowdrop bulbs cost £1050. more...
Again this year, La Gondola al Parco, the cafe by the lake, are arranging live music every Tuesday and Friday evening (weather permitting), from 7pm with a BBQ and refreshments. Entrance is free.