Spring Park, Autumn

Spring Park on the morning of 5 September.

A couple of photos of Spring Park at the end of Summer.  I went back the morning after one of our moth-trapping evenings to check the exact location of the traps.

It was cool and bright.  The morning light picked out the hay in the meadow, which had just been mown.  It's managed as a wildflower meadow, so is mown late on, allowing the grasses and flowering plants to spread their seeds.  The hay is later removed, to keep a low level of soil nutrition.  That discourages the larger, rougher plants and grasses.

This path runs along the bottom of the wood parallel to the edge of the field.  That tree is a Sweet Chestnut; there are also big old Hawthorns along this line, and some magnificent Small-leaved Limes.

There are many paths through the wood.

Spring Park on the morning of 5 September.