The Bosporus itself, one of the world's busiest waterways, was as flat and silent as a woodland pond.
There are several woodland ponds on the site and a tributary of the River Mole runs across it.
It also contains a formal rose and perennial garden, woodland, lawns, pond, stream, and a greenhouse (reconstructed in 2002) containing about 250 varieties of plants.
Follow the green arrows past woodland ponds towards the old Gamekeeper's Cottage.
Beyond the canal, past idyllic woodland ponds, wild flowers and a lighthouse, you soon reach the elegant waterside Monplaisir Palace.
Breeding sites are located in shallow waters that are very open, including farm ponds, lake edges, marshes, and woodland ponds.
Inside the horseshoe, a landscaped slope leads down to a horseshoe-shaped woodland pond.
A woodland pond is a reminder of the days when the park was a farm.
She stood there, surveying this muck-crusted woodland pond like a queen surveying a..
Eggs are laid in small agglomerations attached to twigs, rocks or plants at the edge of a woodland pond or ditch.