Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

The smallest of Hall Farm's ponds is surrounded by planted trees and shrubs and contains abundant curled pondweed. The central pond is used for angling and supports species such as purple loosestrife, great reedmace and amphibious bistort around the edges. Scattered crack willow, oak and ash trees grow on the banks. The banks are sandy and in places contain the burrows of solitary wasps, with similar activity occurring near the pond edge in the paddock. The southern pond is also used for angling and again has patches of emergent vegetation around the margins. The banks are mainly grassy but with frequent shrubs and trees, especially on the northern bank, where a hedge has also been planted. The churchyard contains burnet saxifrage and grey sedge. Common dog-violet and sweet violet are abundant along the northern edge. A fine avenue of lime trees grows along the path in the churchyard. St Cedd's Well, a grotto located in a separate fenced area to the south-west, is housed in a small building. This and the church are both potential bat roosts. The paddock has abundant lady's bedstraw, common knapweed, bird's-foot-trefoil and meadow buttercup. There are smaller amounts of musk mallow and bugloss, the latter very rare in London. The churchyard is mown very short and may therefore contain other species of interest.

Facilities

Fishing