Skylark Meadows
Skylark Meadows are an oasis for wildlife in the midst of an intensely farmed landscape. They were saved from agricultural “improvement” after a campaign by local people led to their purchase by Plantlife in 1999.
Skylark Meadows
©Joan Roberts /Plantlife
Skylarks nest on the meadows each year and the constant sound of their wonderful song during the summer months inspired local people to name the fields ‘Skylark Meadows’.
Flowers such as Yellow-rattle,Corky-fruited Water-dropwort,Oxeye Daisy, Meadow Vetchling and Pepper-saxifrage add colour to the hay meadows in the summer, and in the spring a good display of Cowslips can be seen.
What to see and when
May: Adderstongue, Meadow Buttercup
June: Yellow Rattle, Oxeye Daisy, Meadow Vetchling
July: The hay is usually cut around the middle of July, but in the first two weeks of this month you can see late flowering meadow species such as Black Knapweed, Pepper-saxifrage and Corky-fruited Water-dropwort.
The meadows are cut for hay in late summer and the regrowth is then grazed by cattle or sheep.
Location: Bawdrip, Somerset. Grid Reference: ST 348 390
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Further details
For further details contact the Plantlife Office or e-mail joe.costley@ plantlife.org.uk