- The meadow area has been created from a patch of what was amenity grassland less than 10 years ago. Wildflower plants and seeds have been introduced to the site in the last 6 years and now species such as Cowslip, Black Knapweed, Field Scabious, Bird’s foot Trefoil and Yellow Rattle are spreading steadily each year.
- The variety of wildflowers in turn attracts a wide variety of insects including butterflies such as Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Copper, Common Blue and Large Skipper, and brightly coloured day-flying moths such as Cinnabar and Five-spot Burnet.
- Every year in late August the meadow is mown and the cuttings are removed to help reduce the fertility of the site, which gives the wildflowers a chance to compete with the tall grasses which previously dominated the area.
Mowing & Haymaking
The Meadow in Winter
Flowers & Fungi
Butterflies & Moths
