216 BIRDS IN LONDON 



CHAPTER XII 



SOUTH-EAST LONDON 



General survey of South London — South-east London: its most 

 populous portion — Three small open spaces — Camber well 

 New Park — Southwark Park — Kennington Park — Fine 

 shrubberies — Greenwich Park and Blackheath — A stately 

 and depressing park — Mutilated trees — The extreme East — 

 BosteU Woods and Heath — Their peculiar charm — Woolwich 

 and Plumstead Commons — HUly Fields — Peckham Eye and 

 Park — A remonstrance — Nunhead and Camberwell Ceme- 

 teries — Dulwich Park — Brockwell Park — The rookery. 



South London, comprising the whole of the 

 metropolis on the Surrey and Kent side of the 

 Thames, is not here divided into two districts — 

 South-east and South-west — merely for con- 

 venience sake, because it is too large to be dealt 

 with in one chapter. Considered with reference 

 to its open spaces and to the physical geography 

 of this part of the metropolitan area, South 

 London really comprises two districts differing 

 somewhat in character. 



Taking London to mean the whole of the 

 area built upon and the outer public open 



