The Boughton Lane Pocket Park

Pocket park

A pocket park, parkette or mini-park is a small park accessible to the general public. In some areas they are called miniparks or vest-pocket parks....

can be found in Northampton

Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...

, England

England

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A thin strip of land between Moulton Business Park and Boughton Lane, this boundary park that is a remnant of a historic Deer Park and part of a Royal Warren, has history extending back to the 13th Century. The Park has a link to the Brickyard Spinney on its Eastern edge and bears a ridge and furrow on its South side, indicating its agricultural heritage. Remnants of a dry stone wall link its history to that of a natural boundary.

General

Established in 1994 this park is situated on the Northern extremities of Northampton. The site is owned by the Northampton Borough Council and managed by the Boughton Lane Pocket Park Community Group. This Park is accessible from entrances off Boughton Lane, Moulton Business Park and Redhouse Road. It is a wooded park that is 10.95 acre (0.0171093901276636 sq mi; 0.044313117 km²).

Wildlife

Mammals

• Common Shrew
  Common Shrew
  The Common Shrew or Eurasian Shrew, Sorex araneus, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe, including Great Britain, but excluding Ireland. It is long and weighs , and has velvety dark brown fur with a pale underside. Juvenile shrews have lighter...
  
   (Sorex araneus)
• Eastern Gray Squirrel
  Eastern Gray Squirrel
  The eastern gray squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the eastern and midwestern United States, and to the southerly portions of the eastern provinces of Canada...
  
   (Sciurus carolinensis)
• European Mole
  European Mole
  The European Mole, Talpa europaea, is a mammal of the order Soricomorpha. It is also known as the Common Mole and the Northern Mole....
  
   (Talpa Europaea)
• Reeves's Muntjac Deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
• Rabbit
• Red Fox
  Red Fox
  The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
  
   (Vulpes vulpes)

Birds

• Blackbird (Turdus merula)
• Blue Jay
  Blue Jay
  The Blue Jay is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It is resident through most of eastern and central United States and southern Canada, although western populations may be migratory. It breeds in both deciduous and coniferous forests, and is common near and in...
  
   (Cyanocitta cristata)
• Blue Tit
  Blue Tit
  The Blue Tit is a 10.5 to 12 cm long passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands...
  
   (Cyanistes caeruleus)
• Carrion Crow
  Carrion Crow
  The Carrion Crow is a member of the passerine order of birds and the crow family which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia.-Taxonomy:...
  
   (Corvus corone)
• Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
• Great Tit
  Great Tit
  The Great Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely...
  
   (Parus major)
• Long-tailed Tit
  Long-tailed Tit
  The Long-tailed Tit or Long-tailed Bushtit is a common bird found throughout Europe and Asia. There are several extensive accounts of this species, most notably Cramp and Perrins, 1993; Gaston, 1973; and Harrap and Quinn, 1996...
  
   (Aegithalos caudatus)
• European Magpie
  European Magpie
  The European Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, or Common Magpie, , is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies...
  
   (Pica pica)
• European Robin
  European Robin
  The European Robin , most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family , but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher...
  
   (Erithacus rubecula)
• Wren
• Owls (yet to identify type, but are there every night)
• Sparrow Hawks

Reptiles

• Grass Snake
  Grass Snake
  The grass snake , sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake is a European non-venomous snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians.-Etymology:...
  
   (Natrix natrix)

Insects

• Clouded Yellow Butterfly
  Clouded Yellow
  Colias croceus is a small butterfly of the Pieridae family, that is, the Yellows and Whites. In India and nearby regions it is known as the Dark Clouded Yellow or Common Clouded Yellow to distinguish it from the other species of clouded yellows occurring there; elsewhere it is often simply known as...
  
   (Colias croceus)
• Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

Vegetation

• Common Hawthorn
  Common Hawthorn
  Crataegus monogyna, known as common hawthorn or single-seeded hawthorn, is a species of hawthorn native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia. It has been introduced in many other parts of the world where it is an invasive weed...
  
   (Crataegus monogyna)
• Common Hazel
  Common Hazel
  Corylus avellana, the Common Hazel, is a species of hazel native to Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Iberia, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, north to central Scandinavia, and east to the central Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, and northwestern Iran. It is an important component of...
  
   (Corylus avellana)
• Sessile Oak
  Sessile Oak
  Quercus petraea , the Sessile Oak, also known as the Durmast Oak, is a species of oak native to most of Europe, and into Anatolia.-Description:...
  
   (Quercus petraea)
• Sycamore Maple
  Sycamore Maple
  Acer pseudoplatanus, the sycamore maple, is a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to Ukraine, and south in mountains to northern Spain, northern Turkey, and the Caucasus. It is not related to other trees called sycamore or plane tree in the Platanus...
  
  (Acer pseudoplatanus)