Come and enjoy a walk around Painshill Park and discover its secrets.  In the 18th Century, Charles Hamilton transformed a barren heathland into these beautiful gardens, which today offer the vital habitats for wildlife such as grassland, woods and water.

What is an Ecosystem?
An ecosystem is an area where groups of organisms interact. At Painshill, many plants and animals live together, needing each other to develop. Today we invite you to explore the Park and discover our Wonderful Wildlife!

Biodiversity
During the last century, the biological biodiversity has been increasingly eroded, in particular due to the human use of resources, the destruction of tropical forest etc. Conserving the diversity of plants and animals is a major concern. It is the responsibility of all of us to take care of our beautiful planet.

Diversity in the Garden...
The average garden may contain up to 2,000 animal species at a time.
There are currently more than 1 million ponds, 2 million nest boxes, 5 million compost heaps and 40 million trees in gardens in the UK.

Take a Discovery Walk around the Park to discover our Wonderful Wildlife
- Can you spot some of our Brilliant Birds? Grey Herons and Egyptian Geese are by the Lake, Kingfishers live around the river banks, Blue Tits and Robins are in the woods and Parakeets are around the island at the South Lake.  There are many many more types of wildlife all around the Park!  Observe Fabulous Fish: carp, roach, pike and other fish are swimming around in the lake.
- Amazing mini-beasts live in the lake and woods: pretty dragonflies, scary water scorpions, surprising butterflies and all sort of funny bugs… 
- If you really look you will see squirrels and rabbits, and in the early morning maybe a deer trying to hide.  Look for tracks and other animals signs like eaten nuts and cones, droppings and footprints!