Common Hill
Bird Watching|February 2018

Once common land, but now nature reserves and part SSSI

Bernard Jones
Common Hill

This is a lovely area east of Hereford with woodland, open hillside and eye-popping views. It lies on a ridge of Wenlock Limestone and there is a quarry nearby. There are three areas to the reserve, one called Monument Hill, originally steep sloping grazing land, is now an attractive herb-rich meadow attracting a wide variety of insect life. The other two areas known as North Meadow and Old Cider House are now grassland and orchard. The meadow has good hedges and shrubs and some trees. There are lots of ant mounds, so look out for that Green Woodpecker feeding on them.

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