Birds of Dvortsovo-parkovyy ansambl «Oranienbaum»
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Rarely recorded
- Species
- ≈ 199 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- April–October Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 199 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- April–October Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- 1711 Source, Founded: From Wikidata
Birds in October
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October
Within 10 km
About the park
The Grand Menshikov Palace stands on the edge of a natural rise, where a change in level separates the regular Lower Garden, facing the Gulf of Finland, from the landscape-style Upper Park on the plateau to the south and west. The plateau is cut by the valley of the Karosta River. In Petrovsky Park, the Upper, or Red, Pond and the Lower Pond lie beside the river; three bridges cross it, and in several places the channel drops over granite steps and boulders to form waterfalls. Alleys run across level ground and through the valley, while Soykinskaya Alley runs north to south, dividing the Upper Park roughly in half. When the park was created, woodland was cleared, drainage canals were dug and artificial ponds were made.
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The estate’s early history was shaped by its position on the gulf. In the early eighteenth century, Peter I gave the area to Aleksandr Menshikov, who began building the palace in 1711 near the mouth of the Karosta, where it meets the gulf. Oranienbaum became the western end of the Peterhof Road and a ferry crossing point to Kronstadt. Work on the Sea Canal began in 1719; it ran to a shaped harbour by the Lower Garden. A railway later divided the canal into two sections, and a highway subsequently crossed it. From 1743 to 1762, Oranienbaum was the residence of the future Peter III, for whom Peterstadt Fortress was built on the right bank of the Karosta in the form of a fourteen-pointed star. Petrovsky Park was laid out at the same time as the fortress, though its early design of terraces and cascades has since disappeared. During the Second World War, the defence of the Oranienbaum Bridgehead helped the ensemble suffer considerably less damage than other suburbs of St Petersburg.
Birds recorded nearby include the great tit, hooded crow, mallard, black-headed gull and common wood-pigeon.
When there are more birds
October — 104 species
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