Birds of Pharmacy garden
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Rarely recorded
- Species
- ≈ 205 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- April–November Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 205 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- April–November Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- 1706 Source, Founded: Checked by the HeyBird editors
Birds in October
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October
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About the park
The old pond is lined with several layers of grey Gzhel clay, a seal that holds the water. It was rectangular in the eighteenth century, then given a more naturalistic outline in the nineteenth; weeping willows edge its banks, beside aquatic and waterside plants. In the arboretum, mature trees stand among lawns and shaded avenues, while a separate shade garden brings together herbs and shrubs of the woodland understorey. Elements of the eighteenth-century layout survive, and some trees are 250–300 years old. The white willow is regarded as the oldest tree in central Moscow.
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In 1706, on what was then Moscow’s northern outskirts, beyond Sukharev Tower, a garden for medicinal plants was established. The state’s plantings were transferred there from beside the Gostiny Dvor pharmacy near the Kremlin, giving the garden its lasting association with pharmacy; plants from the Izmailovo palace garden also enriched its original collection. During the 1730s, botanist Traugott Gerber studied wild plants across European Russia, and in 1736 he compiled a manuscript of the first Flora of Moscow. After the Medical-Surgical Academy moved away, the garden fell into neglect. Moscow University acquired it in 1805, seeking a site for a new botanical garden. The fire of 1812 destroyed most of its buildings, greenhouses and plantings, but the residential house, some plants and herbarium materials survived.
Birds recorded nearby include rock pigeon, hooded crow, great tit, house sparrow and mallard. The garden’s own fauna account also names ruddy shelducks, chaffinches and thrushes.
When there are more birds
October — 119 species
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