15-760: Stoke Park may refer to: Stoke Park, Bristol Stoke Park Hospital , Bristol The Dower House, Stoke Park , or Stoke Park House, Stoke Gifford Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire , an estate, now the Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel Stoke Park, Guildford Stoke Park, Suffolk Stoke Park, an early name of Erlestoke Park, Wiltshire See also [ edit ] Stoke Park Pavilions , Northamptonshire Stoke Park School Stoke Park Wood , Stoke Rochford Stoke Park Woods , Bishopstoke Stokes National Park , Western Australia Stokes State Forest , New Jersey Topics referred to by
30-535: A hospital in 1985, and has been converted into flats. Within Stoke Park are two small lakes, the largest of which is Duchess Pond. It is used for angling and also supports breeding birds which are scarce elsewhere in Bristol, for example, reed warbler and reed bunting ; in addition, an Egyptian goose was seen here in 2006 and a bittern in 2014. Several aspects of the house and estate are listed. The house
45-503: A permanent concrete reinforced battery in June 1940. Manned by the Royal artillery regiment , the site included octagonal gun emplacements, integral ammunition bays and shelters with surrounding blast walls as well as a command post. Most of the structures survive and are still clearly observable. Eurasian reed warbler See text The common reed warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus )
60-469: A stretch of young woodland and the construction of a 3m wide path which could stretch for nearly 2km across the park's meadows. The Dower House is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on a hill above the M32 motorway on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow. The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley . It has also been used as part of Stoke Park Hospital . The house closed as
75-597: Is Grade II* listed . The balustraded terrace, the Orangery, the remains of the obelisk, and the Broomhill Gate are all Grade II listed . The woods contain the Beaufort Memorial, the cold bath, a stone tunnel, and a partially derelict stone tunnel with rusticated entrance arches, all also Grade II listed . The site was first established in 1939 to hold mobile anti-aircraft guns, but was converted to
90-554: Is Alsace. The common reed warbler is now one of around 40 species placed in the genus Acrocephalus that was introduced by Johann Andreas Naumann and his son Johann Friedrich Naumann in 1811. The genus name Acrocephalus is from Ancient Greek akros , "highest", and kephale , "head". It is possible that the Naumanns thought akros meant "sharp-pointed". The specific scirpaceus is from Latin and means "reed". Ten subspecies are recognised: An older scientific name for
105-400: Is a species found almost exclusively in reed beds , usually with some bushes. They can also be found in damp scrub. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous , but will occasionally take plant material such as berries . The males return to the breeding grounds two or three weeks before the females. The species is usually monogamous . The first eggs are laid at the end of April. The nest
120-464: Is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus . It breeds across Europe into the temperate western Palaearctic where it is migratory , wintering in sub- Saharan Africa . It is also a resident species over large parts of Africa. The common reed warbler was formally described in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann under the binomial name Turdus scirpaceus . The type locality
135-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stoke Park, Bristol Stoke Park is a public open space of 108 hectares (270 acres) in Bristol , England . It occupies a prominent position on the eastern flanks of Purdown , alongside the M32 motorway , together with the landmark Dower House and Purdown transmitter . Approximately 80% of
150-416: Is flattened, and the bill is strong and pointed. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are richer buff below. The common reed warbler looks similar to the great reed warbler , but the great reed warbler is larger in size and has a stronger supercilium . The song is a slow, chattering jit-jit-jit with typically acrocephaline whistles and mimicry added. This small passerine bird
165-406: Is usually placed in vegetation over water, especially in reeds of the genus Phragmites . The deep cylindrical cup nest is sited on average 65 cm (26 in)—range is between 20 and 140 cm (7.9 and 55.1 in)—above the surface of the water and is built entirely by the female. She takes four days to build the initial cup of grass, reed stems and leaves, and another three days to complete
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#1732772752243180-402: The lining of finer material including hair. The clutch contains three to five eggs that are laid daily. The eggs are very pale green with speckles and blotches of olive green or grey. On average they measure 18.4 mm × 13.6 mm (0.72 in × 0.54 in) and weigh 1.75 g (0.06 oz). They are incubated by both parents, beginning after the penultimate egg is laid. Only
195-478: The park is within the Bristol ward of Lockleaze ; the remainder is within South Gloucestershire . Bristol City Council plan to extend cattle grazing throughout the park between April and November 2018 to stop the spread of invasive scrub and as an educational resource. There has been some public opposition to developments in the park. Petitions have opposed the felling of hundreds of trees in
210-463: The reed warbler was Acrocephalus streperus (Vieill.). The mostly resident Iberian and African subspecies are sometimes treated as a separate species, the African reed warbler ( Acrocephalus baeticatus ). This is a medium-sized warbler, 13 cm (5.1 in) in length with a wing-span of 17–21 cm (6.7–8.3 in). The adult has an unstreaked brown back and buff underparts. The forehead
225-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Stoke Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stoke_Park&oldid=1149396422 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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