Optimus Nature Area



Wild places
Total species seen at this site: 47
Description
This nature reserve was created primarily for Great Crested Newts. The site has several ponds as well as areas of meadow grassland and is surrounded by mature hedges and trees, bordering onto the former Western Golf Course along its eastern side. There are mown paths through it to join a right of way which takes you across Ratby Lane into Clanfelde Hills and on beyond into the wider countryside
Latest records
Common Name | Latin Name | Date Recorded | Recorded By | |
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Common Knapweed | Centaurea nigra | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Timothy | Phleum pratense | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Common Ragwort | Senecio jacobaea | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Dog-rose | Rosa canina | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Broad-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Brown Hawker | Aeshna grandis | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Bulrush | Typha latifolia | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Bulrush Bug | Chilacis typhae | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |
Small White | Pieris rapae | 25/07/2018 | David Nicholls | |