Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

Near the entrance from Albion Villas is an area of frequently mown amenity grassland. Germander speedwell is particularly common in the short turf here. Trees and shrubs, mostly young specimens, are scattered throughout the rest of the site, particularly around the edges and on the old courts to the east. In places these form quite dense stands. Species include sycamore, silver birch, buddleia, hawthorn, ash, hybrid black poplar, pedunculate oak, bramble and elder. Between the trees and shrubs is a mosaic of tall flowers and semi-improved neutral grassland. This chiefly comprises bent-grasses, false oat-grass, common knapweed, creeping thistle, red fescue, wood avens, Yorkshire fog, smaller cat's-tail, bristly oxtongue, common nettle and squirrel's-tail fescue.The site is attractive to a range of common birds, and green woodpeckers are regular visitors to feed on the numerous anthills of the yellow meadow-ant. A good variety of butterflies include speckled wood, gatekeeper, meadow brown, common blue and the locally uncommon purple hairstreak.

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