Habitats
- Grasslands which are grazed and cut annually to encourage wild flowers and invertebrates
- Wet woodland dominated by alder and willow next to alder gully pond
- Hedgerows populated by native species including hazel and hawthorn
- Three lakes designated for recreational and conservational purposes
Things to look out for
1. Look out for the Bronze Age history present on site:
- Roundhouse
- Boat Outline
- Evidence of the earliest bridge
- Artifacts in the Education Centre
2. A new hexagonal bird hide with views across Meadow Lake
3. Viewing screens onto the wader Scrapes
4. Cattle grazing on site from April until December
Wildlife Highlights
Tufted duck- Great crested grebe
- Green and great spotted woodpeckers
- Common species e.g. blue tits and long tailed tits
- Mammals including roe deer, foxes and rabbits
- Red campion
Seasonal Information
Winter:
- Birds: pintail, wigeon, teal, shoveler, siskin, hawfinch, meadow pipit, common sandpiper, green sandpiper, pochard, redwing, fieldfare
- Fungi: jelly ear
Spring:
Birds: shelduck, sand Martin, little ringed plover, willow warbler- Butterflies: orange tip, small tortoiseshell, red admiral, peacock
- Dragonflies: beautiful demoiselle, banded demoiselle, azure blue
- Plants: bluebell, oxeye daisy, moschatel, foxgloves, ragged robin
Summer:
- Birds: swifts, swallows, blackcap, whitethroat
- Butterflies: small copper, gatekeeper, meadow brown, marbled white
- Dragonflies: emperor, scarce chaser, southern hawker, golden ring
- Plants: St John's wort, birds foot trefoil purple loose strife
- Fungi: stinkhorn, parasol
Autumn:
Birds: wheatear, yellow wagtail, goldfinch, - Dragonflies: common darter, migrant hawker
- Plants: alder cones, knapweed
- Fungi: stinkhorn, jelly ear
