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Passionate about your Parks? Bring the spirit of The Royal Parks into your home whilst helping conserve these magnificent landscapes and their many thousands of resident species. If The Royal Parks play a special part in your life, why not help us protect and enhance them?
We've chosen 5 Parks' favourites and put them up for 'adoption'. When you become an adopter, you'll receive a certificate of thanks, gift cards, newsletter and factsheet. An adoption makes an unusual gift and is a great way to mark a special occasion! |
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Ever met a mallard? Marvelled at a mandarin? From Chingford to China, this little chap makes friends wherever he goes. You can't miss ducks in The Royal |
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Parks - they even have an island named after them in St James's Park, where every November thousands come to spend the winter. So if you're potty about pochards, mad about moscovies and ga-ga about goldeneyes, this is the one for you!
Adopt a duck for £15 per annum or £150 for life |
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Britain's favourite flower and a national symbol, the rose is well represented in The Royal Parks. From the formal splendour of Kensington Gardens to the riotous summer scents of Queen Mary's Garden in Regent's Park, there is a bloom to suit everyone. Ancient varieties of rose were bred for their fragrance and colour; sadly many of today's roses are bred mainly to bloom for longer. If you want to remember how roses used to smell, get down to your nearest Royal Park.
Adopt a rose for £15 per annum or £150 for life |
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| The stag beetle is the gentle giant of the insect world. Despite an ancient reputation for summoning thunder and lightning, the stag |
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beetle is entirely harmless. With greatly reduced numbers across the UK, the presence of stag beetles in Richmond Park was instrumental in its designation as a National Nature Reserve. Stag beetles can be encouraged in every garden (just leave some dead wood lying around - they'll live there for years), but adopting this lovely Lucanidae will help us protect the nationally important colonies living in the Parks.
Adopt a stag beetle for £15 per annum or £150 for life
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The 'yaffle' - an old English nickname - is a distinguished bird. Its distinctive laughing cry, staccato drumming on old tree trunks and brilliant plumage are all good reasons to love this bird.
Green woodpeckers can be spied in all The Royal Parks, where deciduous trees mixed with mown grass create an ideal habitat. The trees are their favourite home, whilst short cut grass reveals delicious ants – their favourite meal – more easily. Green woodpeckers are a species of conservation concern in Europe, and in The Royal Parks, they are truly a delight.
Adopt a green woodpecker for £25 per annum or £250 for life
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The majority of The Royal Parks were created by the monarchy to indulge their love of hunting. In fact, the small herds of deer at Greenwich can be traced back to those originally introduced by Henry VIII in 1510. |
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Today, Greenwich, Richmond and Bushy Parks provide a refuge for over a thousand red and fallow deer. The management and upkeep of these magnificent herds is considerable, with average annual costs - including winter food supplements, veterinary costs and "tree cradles" – reaching approximately £75,000.
Adopt a deer for £50 per annum or £500 for life |
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