I don't think I've ever met someone who grew up in that area! I lived in England for 12 years and always wondered why the species was named thus, as it's more a woodland creature and the greater London area didn't strike me as its type of habitat!
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Apparently it was first recorded there in 1748, when it was much more rural and likely wooded. They get blown over from Scandinavia every so often. There's a great mural of one historicengland.org.uk/images-books...
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