Birds of Gorky Park
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Rarely recorded
- Species
- ≈ 90 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- March–June Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 90 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- March–June Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- 1928 Source, Founded: Checked by the HeyBird editors
Birds in October
All birds
October
About the park
The park’s formal parterre runs along a long stretch of the Moskva River, with Pushkinskaya Embankment paved in granite. A fountain stands at its centre, with paths and avenues radiating through open squares, lawns and flowerbeds. Away from the embankment, a separate section of the park is laid out around Golitsynsky Pond. Paths lead from the formal parterre into Neskuchny Garden, where open spaces give way to a garden layout.
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The site near Krymsky Val was chosen for the 1923 All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition, though Orlov Meadow had become a rubbish dump by the end of the nineteenth century. The area was cleared, and the Moskva River became the axis of the exhibition plan. The exhibition and its cultural programme helped prepare the way for a park on this site. Konstantin Melnikov planned the parterre from the entrance to Neskuchny Garden; the unfinished park opened on 12 August 1928 as the Soviet Union’s first park of culture and leisure. The older history of the grounds centres on Neskuchny Garden: in 1826, Nicholas I bought the former Trubetskoy estate and gave it that name. Neighbouring estates belonging to the Orlovs and Golitsyns were later added, joining the estate grounds into one park complex.
In 2011, a pair of black-necked swans was brought to Golitsynsky Pond. Birds recorded nearby include the mallard, rock pigeon, European starling and ruddy shelduck.
When there are more birds
October — 29 species
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