Fox's Cross Bottom
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Fox's Cross Bottom by Penny Mayes as part of the Geograph project.
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Fox's Cross Bottom
Image: © Penny Mayes Taken: 15 Feb 2007
A sign on the gate indicates this is part of Wraik Hill Nature Reserve "A place for people and wildlife. The fields and hedgerows at Wraik Hill are a haven for wildlife. In winter, woodcock feed on the wet grassland and fieldfares feast on thorn berries. In summer, nightingales nest in the dense scrub and on sunny days the air is full of the songs of crickets and grass-hoppers, including the scarce Roesel's bush cricket... Look out for plants like pepper saxifrage, grass vetchling and spiny restharrow which grow only on grassland that has not been 'improved' with chemicals". The gate was firmly padlocked.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.331956
Longitude
1.003662