Home Covert, Lowdham Field and Pole Hill Open Space together make up this large, mixed-habitat site. Features include the woodland of Home Covert and grassland to the south of this in Lowdham Field. A significant network of hedgerows and seasonally wet ditches separate fields of amenity grassland at Pole Hill, outside of this site.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Home Covent and Lowdham Field
Borough: Hillingdon
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 8.28 ha
Description
Wildlife
Home Covert in the northwest of the site is dominated by oak, including a number of large trees, with abundant hazel. Although there is extensive bramble, the woodland floor is generally rather bare due to erosive footfall. Soft rush and great willowherb grow in seasonally wet ditches beside the paths. Purple hairstreak butterflies may be seen at the woodland edges.Lowdham Field contains moderately rich grassland, with common grasses including meadow foxtail, timothy, tufted hair-grass and red fescue. There is also significant scrub invasion here, principally of bramble.Facilities
Car parking; playground; animalbird enclosure
Purple hairstreak butterfly © Stephen Frank
Grass vetchling © Dave Dawson
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