Varied habitats in SW7
Wildlife garden
Observers have spotted over 2000 species of plant and animal in the Natural History Museum's wildlife garden. The garden features miniature habitats from the English lowlands including fen, chalk downland, oak woodland and hedgerows.
Dinsosaur footprints
The slabs of Purbeck limestone came from a quarry in Swanage. They contain traces of footprints of an Iguanadon that walked across a mudflat about 1540 million years ago. Quarry workers discovered the fossilised footprints in 1961.
Meadow in the shadow of the museum
In summer there is often a mown strip though the small meadow in the museum's garden. Grasses and wildflowers in a meadow provide a rich habitat for invertebrate animals.
Submitted by: Andrew Hunt, 11 March 2007
