CHAPTER X

NORTH-WEST AND NORTH LONDON

Open spaces on the borders of West London--The Scrubs, Old Oak Common, and Kensal Green Cemetery--North-west district--Paddington Recreation Ground, Kilburn Park, and adjoining open spaces--Regent's Park described--Attractive to birds, but not safe--Hampstead Heath: its character and bird life--The ponds--A pair of moorhens--An improvement suggested--North London districts--Highgate Woods, Churchyard Bottom Wood, Waterlow Park, and Highgate Cemetery--Finsbury Park--A paradise of thrushes--Clissold Park and Abney Park Cemetery 171