Cottesmore, Greetham Road Verge
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Road verge.
Site species count:
This verge is located on Greetham Road at the north-east edge of the village. It is approximately 200m in length and is 5-6m wide. A 1m ‘visibility strip’ is close mown adjacent to the carriageway. A native and well-managed hedge lies at the rear of the verge, comprising mainly Hawthorn, Elder, Ash and Blackthorn.
The verge is being managed to improve biodiversity by managing it as a wildflower meadow so it can support a much greater variety of wildlife species.
The verge has been surveyed by NatureSpot but different species come and go throughout the year. A much better understanding of the wildlife found on this site requires local residents to add records of what they have seen. Please take a photo if possible and include it with your record, using NatureSpot's Submit Records online form. Your record and any photos will then appear on this page!
No mowing will take place between April and August to allow the grasses and wildflowers to grow and bloom, providing food and cover to a wide variety of insects and other creatures. The meadow grassland that grows will then be cut in September.
The verge was found to have an excellent plant diversity totalling 62 species. This includes 14 species that are typical in long-established meadow grassland, two of which (Black Knapweed and Autumn Hawkbit) are used as indicator species for Local Wildlife Site designation.
A list of all the species found at the site, together with any images taken, appears below.
Note: the verge boundaries shown on the map are indicative, please refer to the signed/staked areas area on the ground for the exact location.
The records and images below may include those from adjacent sites if the grid reference submitted with these records overlaps the boundary of this Wild Place.
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.