Thursday 22 October 2020

Duck Island Cottage: St James's Park (the City of Westminster)

After visiting The London Library for the first time for a few months, we wandered over to the nearby St James's Park.

Duck Island Cottage, was built in 1841 for the St James's Park', Bird Keeper.



The Cottage contained a Club Room for the Ornithological Society of London. The Society had been established during 1837, to form and maintain a Collection of Birds, including Ducks, Geese, Swans, Grebes &c., in the Park. 

As an aside, Charles II used to feed the Ducks in the Park and it was during his reign that the first Pelicans arrived: a present from the Russian Ambassador. 

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