This large dairy farm brings a welcome aura of the countryside into its suburban setting. The pastures have little botanical diversity, but the old field boundary hedges with their ancient oaks are valuable wildlife habitats. There are also four field ponds and the River Pinn in the western part of the farm, lined with a narrow belt of hornbeam-dominated woodland. A strip of oak woodland in the south is known locally as the Copse. George V Avenue passes through the site but apart from that access is confined to the public footpaths across the farm. Harrow Healthwalks’ project uses this site as part of a Walking the Way to Health (WHI) scheme.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Pinner Park Farm
Borough: Harrow
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Access on public footpaths only
Area: 96.83 ha
Description
Wildlife
The old field ponds support a diverse aquatic flora, including brooklime, water plantain, branched bur-reed and trifid bur-marigold. Common frogs breed in the ponds, which may be of value for other amphibians. The river runs in a deep channel, where sticklebacks occur. The Copse shrub layer includes guelder-rose, dogwood, holly and field maple. Sheets of bluebells cover the ground in spring. The hedgerows support a range of breeding birds including tawny owl, kestrel, yellowhammer and whitethroat.Facilities
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Yellowhammer © P N Watts/English Nature
Guelder-rose berries © Mike Waite
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