Wildflower Meadow

The region around the wetland area is being deliberately cultivated as a native wildflower meadow, creating a lovely habitat for bees, bugs, butterflies and other wildlife.

At the height of summer we counted at least 30 different plant/flower species, together with lots of bugs and butterflies (see below).

July 2019…

Some butterflies…

In winter…

Since we (deliberately) don’t routinely mow the wildflower meadow area, it can look a bit bleak in winter. But it is still a good habitat for feeding birds and hibernating insects. And it can still look pretty in the frost…