Stephen's
Vale Reserve
The
group has an arrangement to manage this site in the village
of Hallatrow in partnership with the owner, The Avon Wildlife
Trust.
Stephen's Vale is part of the Greyfield Wood complex which
is one of the most important groups of wildlife sites in the
area. Greyfield is unusual in that much of it lies on acidic
soils so that the plant communities found there are quite
different from those found elsewhere in the Cam Valley.
Although
parts of the site are heavily used, it has some interesting
wildlife. It has ground flora - which contains several species
typical of ancient woodland and the streamside - is one of
very few sites in our area for the plant Small teasel. A good
mix of woodland birds occur and Bloody-nosed Beetle lives
in the bracken.
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