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speckled wood butterfly
small copper butterfly
hazel catkins |
The main
trees are oak ash and field maple, with a shrub layer which includes hazel,
hawthorn, blackthorn, holly, crab apple, dogwood, guelder rose, wayfaring
tree, dog rose, bramble and clematis. The woods show many of the features
of ancient woodland, and part of the site includes an overgrown hedge, which
is marked on a map of the 1790's and which may be much older, as it contains
a large number of species, which is a feature of ancient hedges. The Reserve is notable for the profusion of Goldilocks buttercups in the spring, which are featured in the pictures below. |
 
A picture of the wood in spring, showing the goldilocks
buttercups, and a close up of the buttercups. Notice that the foliage is
more feathery than that of the other buttercups and some of the plants have
missing petals, which is a feature of goldilocks buttercups
Nature Walks
are held on the first Sunday of
each month at 10.30 am We meet at the notice board opposite the
Cwmtalwg Pub, Severn Avenue Barry.
At the nature walk on 3 September 06 we
saw this emperor dragonfly resting on the ground. It was motionless
and so I touched it to see if it was alive. It buzzed slightly but did
not fly so I took a couple of photographs and after this the dragonfly
took off. It was a breezy day and I expect it became too cold to fly
and a couple of flashes from the camera were enough to warm it up.
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