Ratby, Brook Meadow
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
The site can be accessed at the bottom of Brook Drive (off Station Road).
Public open space
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This site was created as a flood storage area when the nearby houses were built. It borders a stream and a private woodland. The core of the site is a sunken basin but there is usually no standing water, except for during heavy rain periods. The centre supports Pendulous Sedge and rushes, as well as rough grassland. Several native shrubs are scattered around the site with a wilder area to the north which has become dense woodland.
Water Shrew has been recorded - the only known location in Ratby. The stream that borders the site to the south supports pond skaters and whirligig beetles. The site's trees and adjacent woodland provide good habitat for several warblers, including Blackcap and Garden Warbler.
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