The Wilderness
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Wilderness by Jonathan Kington as part of the Geograph project.
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The Wilderness
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 14 Oct 2011
Formerly part of Bishopstone water meadows, The Wilderness is an area of scrub-land inhabited by what looks like Nettles, Thistles and Rosebay Willowherb. Although possibly not the most aesthetic of sites, scrub-land does have ecological importance. Scrub-land is an area of low growing vegetation, shrubs such as Hawthorn and Blackthorn with flowering plants such Brambles, Umbellifers and Willowherbs to name a few. Although it is not very tidy looking it is, in fact, a very important habitat supporting a wide and varied number of species. In the more sheltered and open sites which contain a lot of flowering plants rather than shrubs, butterflies and other invertebrates can thrive in great numbers. In turn, these provide a ready food source for small birds; in thick, well covered scrub-land will be found small mammals such as mice and voles which provide food for larger birds such as Hawks and Owls.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.03161
Longitude
-1.8987