Wildlife 

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Beckenham Place Park is a listed Local Nature Reserve and has several distinct habitats, Ancient Woodland, Wetland, Grassland and buildings.

Birds and plants are most commonly seen but a variety of insects and other invertibrates are present as well as some small and not so small mammals. Buildings can be adopted as habitat by mosses, lichens, various invertibrates, birds, bats, mice etc. 

The park has stag beetles and lesser stag beetles, and hundreds if not thousands of other invertibrates.

See www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk for fantastic pictures of british wildlife from loads of contributors and members. Various websites and apps are available to help you identify wildlife and plants.

Birds:  just a few of the many you may see

Blue Tit	Robin
Great Tit
Long Tailed Tit	Long Tailed Tit
Kiingfisher	Kingfisher,  often seen along stretches of the Ravensbourne and adjoining rivers.
Carrion Crow	Carrion Crow,  Seen in great numbers, one of natures refuse collectors, clearing up after other messy species! humans usually.
Jackdaw	Jackdaw, a member of the crow family, another cleaner upperer. one of natures dustmen will dispose of disgarded take-away
Sparrow Hawk
Kestrel	Kestrel
	Green Woodpecker
	Great Spotted Woodpecker
	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Mammals:

Fox
Bank vole	Bank vole
Pipistrelle bat