This site is made up of a large golf course and Montrose Walk, a strip of ancient hornbeam woodland. The golf course contains important habitats such as the rough neutral grassland of the roughs, strips of woodland of mainly oak and ash, and a network of old hedges. The site is of considerable importance for its insect life.An enclosed footpath crosses the golf course from north to south, while Montrose Walk is freely accessible via a path which runs its whole length.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Stanmore Golf Course and Montrose Walk
Borough: Harrow
Grade: Metropolitan
Access: Free public access (part of site)
Area: 41.56 ha
Description
Wildlife
Nearly 300 species of moths and butterflies have been recorded on this site, including the nationally scarce golden-rod pug and oak-tree pugs. An equally important collection of flies includes three nationally rare hoverflies, Meligramma euchromum, Volucella inanis and Xylota xanthocnema.Breeding birds include lesser spotted woodpecker, spotted flycatcher and lesser redpoll, while mammals include both weasel and stoat.Montrose Walk has an unusual abundance of the low shrub, butcher's-broom.Facilities
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Butcher’s-broom © John Archer
Weasel © Andy Purcell/CEC
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