Stanmore Country Park Nature Trail
Post 27: Here we re-emerge into 6 Acre Field, with the car park just ahead. The grassland here is on London Clay and has a similar species mix to 40 Acre Field. In early summer, look for the pagoda-like spikes of bugle Ajuga reptans in the grass (see illustration below). Later in the summer, look for the purple flowers of common knapweed Centaurea nigra (see illustration below) which are a favourite with butterflies.

You’ve come to the end of the nature trail - we hope you have enjoyed it. Please send any comments, photographs, and notes about interesting species seen to admin@harrowncf.org.

If you started the nature trail midway, continue back to your starting point by descending though the field and finding post 1, which is just to the right of the car park, beside the pond.


Image: Bugle by Steve Bolsover



Image: Knapweed by Rosemary Etheridge

To description for post 1

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