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中文里沒有倫敦圣詹姆士公園的資料，只能借用英文的。 St James's Park is the oldest Royal Park in London and is surrounded by three palaces. The most ancient is Westminster, which has now become the Houses of Parliament, St James's Palace and of course, the best known, Buckingham Palace. The Park was once a marshy watermeadow. In the thirteenth century a leper hospital was founded, and it is from this hospital that the Park took its name. In 1532 Henry VIII acquired the site as yet another deer park and built the Palace of St James's. When Elizabeth I came to the throne she indulged her love of pageantry and pomp, and fetes of all kinds were held in the park. Her successor, James I, improved the drainage and controlled the water supply. A road was created in front of St James's Palace, approximately where the Mall is today, but it was Charles II who made dramatic changes. The Park was redesigned, with avenues of trees planted and lawns laid. The King opened the park to the public and was a frequent visitor, feeding the ducks and mingling with his subjects. During the Hanoverian period, Horse Guards Parade was created by filling in one end of the long canal and was used first as a mustering ground and later for parades. Horse Guards Parade is still part of St James's Park. The Park changed forever when John Nash redesigned it in a more romantic style. The canal was transformed into a natural-looking lake and in 1837 the Ornithological Society of London presented some birds to the Park and erected a cottage for a birdkeeper. Both the cottage and the position of birdkeeper remain to this day. Clarence House was designed for the Duke of Clarence, later to become William IV and was also the home of the late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Outside Buckingham Palace is the Queen Victoria Memorial, which celebrates the days of the British Empire. The memorial includes not only the marble statue of Victoria and the glittering figures of Victory, Courage and Constancy, but also the ornamental gates given by the Dominions. These are the Australia Gate, South Africa Gate and Canada Gate. 白金漢宮門前的圣詹姆士公園，最初是沼澤地，十五世紀曾為亨利八世的鹿苑，十九世紀成為公園。這里水禽豐富，我拍到了蒼鷺，其實是野生的，整天在這里轉悠，就不太怕人。
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這里有好幾只蒼鷺，兩只還為食物打了起來，可惜沒拍上畫面。 附錄蒼鷺介紹： 蒼鷺是大型水邊鳥類，頭、頸、腳和嘴均甚長，因而身體顯得細瘦。雄性體重942-1825g，雌性1030-1750g；雄性體長750-1052mm，雌性750-1000mm；雄性嘴峰長106-127mm，雌性110-130mm；雄性翅長375-460mm，雌性415-460mm；雄性尾長154-185mm，雌性140-175mm；雄性跗蹠長137-160mm，雌性135-160mm。分布于非洲、馬達加斯加、歐亞大陸，從英倫三島往東到遠東海岸和薩哈林島和日本，往南到朝鮮、蒙古、伊拉克、伊朗、印度、中國和中南半島一些國家。 |
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