A London Wilderness, Greenwich Park Deer Enclosure

London is such a big city. Building everywhere, that is why it's parks are so important. I say this because a couple of Saturdays ago. I took the bus to Greenwich with my wife. It was hot and a couple of days later London would experience it's hottest ever days. We enjoyed a walk up the hill in Greenwich Park to the Royal Observatory and like the hundreds of tourists took in the great views of London you get from that viewing area around the statue of General Woolfe.

View from Royal Observatory Greenwich

Having taken all our photos of the London skyline we walked up through the park to the Flower Garden. An enclosed area with nice laid out lawns and mature trees with its duck pond with a couple of rare Black Swans. It was by now early evening and the days heat starting to fade just a little. Although near a busy road the main A2 London to Dover road a major road out of London, Greenwich Park and the flower Garden are always peaceful.

Fox hides In Greenwich Park London

We sat in one of the viewing areas for the wilderness. A deer park after all Greenwich Park is one of the Royal Park. The deer however were nowhere to be seen so after a while we went to look for them. A sly but brazen fox ran right out of some bushes across the main path and back into the trees.

Monarch of the Glen In Greenwich Park

There is a woodland path that runs a long side the wilderness enclosure and we followed the path through the woods to another much better viewing area with views of the whole deer enclosure.

Deer Feeding In Greenwich Park

Then we saw them a herd of deer lead my the Big Male looking like Monarch of the Glen. They seemed to be playing to the the large group of people that had now arrived and posed for our cameras. The hum of the busy A2 and the speeding Police Cars did not disturb. They walked slowly through stopping to drink and eat from the troughs. They seemed to be making sure everybody got a good look at them and got that perfect photo before they moved on and back into the undergrowth.

A really nice end to the afternoon and a counterpoint to our busy lives. It sort of made us feel relaxed and that can't be a bad thing.