Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

The grassland is of moderate diversity. The sward is dominated by cock's-foot and meadow foxtail, with wildflowers including meadow vetchling, common vetch, cow parsley and bulbous buttercup. There are some fine old field maples along the top edge of the field beside the road, and an overgrown hedge at the bottom. A nationally scarce spider, Philodromus praedatus, has been found in the roadside trees.Terrace Garden, adjacent to the field, is a more formal park. Here amenity grassland, mature planted trees; shrubberies and flower beds predominate, contrasting with the wilder hay meadow and scrub of the field. These habitats, while of less intrinsic interest than the hay meadow, provide a diversity of habitat structure and more niches for animals and plants dependent on woodland, scrub and trees. In places, the mowing regime has been relaxed, allowing a more diverse vegetation to develop and providing useful habitat for grassland invertebrates.

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