The park has yet more surprises in store for you, a few steps beyond the formal gardens and play areas.
Walk along one of the many paths and you will soon find yourself entering another world, as you wander past tranquil pools, shady woodlands, old hedgerows and grassy meadows.
Many smaller paths tempt you to explore. Discover for yourself nature's own gardens and play areas. Experience their magic and peacefulness after the hustle and bustle you have left behind.
As you wander along you will notice the host of different trees, bushes, climbing plants, wildflowers, ferns and fungi growing in the park.
The park has a 62 hectre local nature reserve which is home to many wild creatures including squirrels, rabbits, stoats and grass snakes. Many other pass through the park in their daily lives searching for food such as the fox and kestrel.
Swans, coots, moorhens and great crested grebes along with the familiar mallard ducks can be seen on the pools, whilst herons stealthily stalk the edges competing with the anglers for fish.
Small watery places are home to such creatures as frogs, toads and newts. The presence of all these creatures tell you that the pools are home to numerous other smaller creatures which live in and on the water such as fish, dragonfly larvae, water fleas and great diving beatles. For more information on walks in the parks a leaflet 'Yours To Discover' is available from Spout Farm House.
The songs of the birds fill the air especially on warm sunny days in spring. You may hear the raucous scalding call of the secretive but colourful bird the Jay, or the hammering of a woodpecker giving away its presence in the woodlands. On warm sunny days dragonflies and damselflies dart past while butterflies flutter on by in search of flowers.
The buzzing of numerous insects and the clicking of the grasshoppers provide the background music.
Walk quietly and you may be lucky to see some of the parks wildlife residents, or you may find clues telling you of their presence in the park.
A musky scent lets you know a fox has passed through at some time.
The Earth is home to a vast amount of plants and animals. This variety, which includes the smallest insect to the greatest tree, is known as the Biodiversity of Life. We have to try and keep this biodiversity - without it the environment will become degraded and this will damage our health and well-being.
It is so important that in 1992 over 150 countries agreed to produce action plans to conserve the world's biodiversity.
A Biodiversity Action Plan has been developed for the Telford and Wrekin area, which has identified key habitats and species that are important in our neighbourhood and aims to work with agencies and groups to conserve them. Work is currently being done on a Biodiversity Acton Plan for Telford Town Park.
