Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

The stream along the west runs through an underground pipe until it reaches this site and goes under the main A40 on leaving the site in the south. Wet marginal vegetation is best developed in the south end and includes plants such as fool's water-cress, branched bur-reed, great willowherb and water plantain. Nuttall's waterweed grows submerged in the water. The habitat here would benefit from a less frequent cutting regime on the banks to allow more marginal species to flower and set seed. The hedge along the south of the park is probably a remnant of the field boundaries in the former countryside here. It is mostly comprised of a mix of native species including hazel, hawthorn, field maple and blackthorn. Some hybrid black-poplars have been planted in to the hedge at some point. Hedgerow herbs including garlic mustard, cow parsley and wood avens can be seen in spring.

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