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The Royal Parks charity is asking visitors to Bushy Park to help us protect the threatened skylark.

 Bushy Park, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is host to many important wildlife species.

This park has designated skylark protection zones where dogs must be kept on leads and visitors are asked to keep to certain paths.

 This is to prevent anything disturbing nesting skylarks and trampling their nests to try and improve breeding success and help protect this ‘red-listed’ threatened species.

Phil Edwards, Bushy Park Manager