It's astonishing how many wildflowers are on the verge in Dugdale Drive and the surrounding hedges. At our last survey in the spring of 2020 we counted over 30 different species. They might not be as spectacular visually as the displays you see on roundabouts, but they are incredibly biodiverse and offer a vital habitat for our own native species that have evolved to thrive on these wildflowers. This area attracts many native pollinators that in turn will help with biodiversity, including our beleaguered birds, bats, hedgehogs, frogs, newts and many other species to live alongside us.
Creeping buttercup
Pollinated by short-tongued bees. Read more...
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Daisy
Attracts pollinating insects and birds which then feed on the insects. Read more...
Dandelions
Source of nectar and pollen for bees in early spring; food plants for larvae of butterflies and moths. Source of nectar for the pearl-bordered fritillary.
Herb-Robert
Food plant and source of nectar for many invertebrates including bees, hover-flies and the Barred carpet moth. Read more...
Mouse-ear hawkweed
Attracts a variety of insects.
Curled dock
Visited by bees. Read more...
Thyme leaved speedwell
Cross-pollinated by flies and small bees. Food plant for some invertebrates. Read more...
Mossy and bare earth patches
Mining bees eg tawny mining bee. Read more...
Sheep sorrel
Food plant for Forester caterpillars. Read more...
Woody nightshade
Source of pollen for Bumblebees, solitary bees and flies.
Red clover
Many bees including Common carder bee, Honeybee & Red-tailed bumblebee. Read more...
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Oxeye Daisy
Bees, butterflies, hover flies. Read more...
Common cats ear
Attracts butterflies and bumblebees. Read more...
Bramble
Food plant for bumblebees, honeybees, solitary bees, hover-flies, wasps, butterflies, flies and lacewings, many of which also nest or reproduce on the stems. Read more...
Bush vetch
Bumblebees, honeybees, weevils, beetles and caterpillars.
Nettle
Attracts aphids, ladybirds, parasitic wasps, leaf hoppers and moths. Seeds attract sparrows, chaffinches and bullfinches. Attracts insect-eating species such as hedgehogs, shrews, frogs and toads. Food plant for larvae of Small tortoiseshell and Peacock butterflies. Read more...
Medick
Used to make honey.
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill
Attracts bees. Read more...
Hedge mustard
Caterpillars, moths, butterflies, beetles. Read more...
Wild Angelica
Flowers attract a wide range of insects. Read more...
Ribwort and hoary plantain
Host to many different species of the order Lepidoptera.
Yarrow
General insects, moths, beetles. Also used by starlings to line their nests. Read more...
Cleavers
Food plant for aphids and spittlebugs. Read more...
Bird's-foot-trefoil
Food plant for caterpillars of Common Blue, Silver-studded Blue and Wood White butterflies. Read more...
Cow parsley
Early source of pollen for bees and hover-flies. Food plant for the moth Agonopterix heracliana and a source of nectar for orange-tip butterflies.
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Creeping cinquefoil
Chickweed
Food plant for larvae of the Yellow shell moth. Read more...
Shepherd's purse
Bees, flies, wasps, butterflies and skippers feed on the small flowers. Read more...
Dog rose
Protective habitat and food supply for birds and small mammals in the winter, nectar for insects and bees in the summer, and a food plant for several moths and butterflies. Read more...
Grasses
Long grass is a beneficial for many species. Read more...