Fifty years ago, the ground around Mr Mundy's Pond was a kind of post-industrial nightmare with big chunks of metal and concrete and dumped construction materials lying around.

There are still signs of early 20th-century foundations but largely the area has been cleaned up, with plenty of mostly-native trees growing in along the paths. There are even trouters around the pond (though the trouter we spoke to said he doesn't eat the trout he catches).

And the birds love it. This afternoon (besides the newly arrived sparrows disappearing into grasses) there was a small flock of Yellow warblers, mostly in the more secluded area on one side, but also on the more open and windy side, too.