BIRDWATCHING LONDON (SAFE HAVEN)

A city blessed with abundant green space, London is also rich in bird life, and not just pigeons, gulls and feral parakeets. Its wetland reserves offer everything from bitterns to avocets, marsh harriers to bar-tailed godwits; over 100 species have been listed on Hampstead Heath alone; peregrine falcons nest in the Barbican and on Battersea Power Station. Here are detailed listings of 60 birding locations, alongside short features on the ravens at the Tower, wildfowling on the Thames, the east London cagebird trade, and more.