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A hay meadow is an area of land set aside for the production of hay.In Britain hay meadows are typically meadows with high botanical diversity supporting a diverse assemblage of organisms ranging from soil microbes, fungi, arthropods including many insects through to small mammals such as voles and their predators, and up to insectivorous birds and bats.
It is the Trust's largest meadow nature reserve, with an area of 16 hectares (40 acres). [2] Far Starling Bank, a meadow in the reserve, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [3] It is a hay meadow, with plant species including crested dog's-tail, meadow vetchling, sweet vernal-grass and burnet saxifrage. In recent years, hay from Far ...
The site is an alluvial meadow next to the River Ray in the Vale of Aylesbury. It has clay soil and is liable to flooding. A regime of a hay cut followed by cattle grazing, without the use of artificial fertilisers, has resulted in a diverse grassland habitat now rare in England. [81] Mid Colne Valley 132.0 hectares (326 acres) YES Denham
North Meadow, Cricklade (grid reference) is a hay meadow near the town of Cricklade, in Wiltshire, England. It is 24.6 hectares in size. It is a traditionally managed lowland hay-meadow, or lammas land , and is grazed in common between 12 August and 12 February each year, and cut for hay no earlier than 1 July.
Poker's Pond Meadow is a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Stoke Hammond in Buckinghamshire. [1] [2] The site is one of the few small areas of ancient hay meadow in the Vale of Aylesbury. It has been traditionally managed, with a hay cut followed by cattle grazing, and no use of herbicides or ...
This site consists of two hay meadows, one of which is agriculturally unimproved and has large areas of medieval ridge and furrow. An experiment in trying to create attractive grasslands in the other field has potential for scientific research. Ponds, scrub, willow trees, hedgerows and wild pear trees add to the ecological value. [123]
Barrow Meadow is a northern hay meadow characterised by the presence of a rich diversity of grasses, and an abundance of herbs. Grass species found at the site include sweet vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), crested dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus), red fescue (Festuca rubra) and quaking grass (Briza media).
The landscape has changed little in the last 150 years. The fields are currently managed as neutral hay meadows. The northern field is damp and has plants typical of periodically waterlogged fields, such as creeping bent and marsh foxtail. Mammals on the site include woodmice, field voles and roe deer. [3]