Andy Fleckney
A traditional hay meadow rich in wild flowers
The wildflowers that thrive here today belie the fact that this was once part of a caravan park. Now, the delicate umbels of pignut flowers in spring are followed by the purples of common knapweed in summer attracting butterflies and other insects to feed. Walk through the meadow before its annual cut and you are taken back in time to when there were meadows like this found almost everywhere.
The mature hedgerow to the east is centuries old and is composed of a variety of native shrubs including holly. It leads to a small section of Sallowsprings Wood, but the remainder of the wood is not part of the reserve. Here yellow archangel and bluebell flower before the dense canopy of the tree leaves closes over in summer.
The map below is for indication purposes only and does not show the Wildlife Trusts definitive land boundary.
Species and habitats
- Habitats
- Meadow, Woodland
- Species
- Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Bluebell, Bird's-foot-trefoil, Knapweed or Black Knapweed, Sorrel, Cowslip, Foxglove, Meadow Vetchling, Oxeye Daisy, Pignut, Yellow Archangel
Nearby nature reserves
- Landpark Wood
- 1 miles - Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
- Lancot Meadow
- 2 miles - Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
- Blow's Downs
- 2 miles - Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Nature reserve map
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2012. For indicative purposes does not show exact boundaries.
