Just over the road from Chiswick Park station

is Gunnersbury Triangle. You enter from a busy road and it's hard to see the potential at first, as you appear to be headed for a railway line. In fact, once you have turned the first corner, you come onto a path like the one in the photo above. This little piece of land between two railway routes is a nature reserve which provides a habitat for many species that are otherwise crowded out of our city.

As well as the shrub, flowers, and trees there are a few ponds and I saw plenty of tadpoles swimming in this one.

There's also a duck hiding under the tree there.

There's a plan to develop along one edge of the reserve, and many people think that this will spoil things. I'm less worried about building outside, as long as the current nature reserve survives as a place where anyone can wander in and experience this rare corner of wilderness. If you want to make up your own mind about the plans, follow the link for more information and a petition.