Birds of Sokolniki Park
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Rarely recorded
- Species
- ≈ 102 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- April–June Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 102 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- April–June Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- 1931 Source, Founded: Checked by the HeyBird editors
Birds in October
All birds
October
About the park
Sokolniki Park has 13 ponds: six Putiayevsky Ponds, forming a cascade across 6.1 hectares, and five Oleny Ponds, covering about 3 hectares, as well as Sobachy Pond and Zolotoy Pond. Long, open clearings cut through the wooded areas. In the late 19th century, birches were planted along the 1st Luchevoy Clearing and larches along Maisky Clearing. In summer, nymphaea water lilies flower on Sobachy Pond and the Oleny Ponds; they are cultivated in small, warm artificial pools in the park’s large rose garden.
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From the 14th to 16th centuries, dense forest here stretched far north. Ivan the Terrible hunted in the part nearest Moscow, and Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich hunted there from 1657. Falconry and the falconers who worked with hunting birds gave the area its name. After the 1812 fire, a large part of Sokolnichya and other groves was cut for timber to rebuild wooden houses in Moscow, but the woodland soon grew back. In the 1840s, Sokolnichya Grove was laid out with fan-shaped avenues radiating from a central circle and two curved cross-clearings. Behind the Putiayevsky Ponds, five intersecting circular paths formed a “labyrinth”; spruces were planted along them, and trees and shrubs were replanted. In 1878, Sokolnichya and Olenya groves became a public park. A dam in Olenya Grove formed ponds in 1896.
Great tits, hooded crows, Eurasian blue tits, fieldfares and rock pigeons have been recorded nearby. The park is home to Moscow’s only state-run bird veterinary clinic and aviary.
When there are more birds
October — 44 species
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