Wildlife in Gladstone Park

We regularly explore the park to discover the extent and diversity of wildlife it contains. We are passionate about the tree species, shrubs, butterflies, birds , bats and fungi that thrive in the park. Please let us know if you see anything unusual.

Keep up to date with Wildlife news update and events in the park by joining the newsletter.

There are opportunities to join volunteer groups who meet three mornings a week  from 10.00 till 11.30/12.00 – the Gladstone Gardening Group  on Monday and Wednesday and the Dollis Hill Copse Group on Friday.

Regular Nature Walks, Tree Walks and Bat Walks are organised – see Events & Activities for the schedule of planned walks.

Recently two information boards have been installed in the park, one alongside the cycle path in the south-west corner of the park and the other alongside the path from the crossroads at the top of the park leading down to the central playground

Even nature sometimes needs a helping hand, so we obliged with pleasure and great pride, via children-centred Insect Hotel Making and Bird Box Making workshops .

Insects are a great asset to any gardens or parks. By providing a suitable habitat, beneficial insects are more likely to establish themselves. We help them, they help us. What a team!

Over a number of years Brent Council have sowed a variety of butterfly and bee loving perennial plants and flowers to create a “bee corridor” across the park,  as result the park is now home to 19 species of butterflies!

 

These have been spotted and recorded by  a  butterfly group who walk a transect across the park every week from April to September. The abundance of bird’s-foot trefoil has attracted the day flying six-spot burnet moth, seen in 2024 for the first time – see picture below.

There is a Wildlife Facebook Page where you can discuss anything related to wildlife in Gladstone Park and share your beautiful photographs.