Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

Amenity grassland is the most extensive vegetation type, dominated by perennial rye grass and red fescue. Broadleaved woodland includes young hawthorn, hazel, field maple, and sycamore, with a shrub layer dominated by butterfly bush and bramble. The ground flora is sparse but includes garlic mustard, nettle, cow parsley, lesser celandine, lesser burdock and cleavers. An avenue of mature planted London plane trees dominate the paving that divides the southern third of the site from the remainder of the park. Bat boxes are mounted in several of these trees. The formal planted beds contain shrubs and herbaceous perennials bordered by young hedges. Herbaceous perennials include ornamental species such as pampas grass within the western beds and woodland plants including wood anemone and ramsons along the eastern beds. Ruderal vegetation is present in disturbed areas of formal flowerbeds, particularly in the southern section of the site, and along the site boundaries. Other notable species include broad-leaved dock, field poppy, lesser celandine and hedge bindweed. Cotoneasters can occasionally be seen within planted beds. Following a review, certain species of Cotoneaster are now included on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

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