Discovering Nature⠀

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• Dropping away behind the pulpit viewpoint is Cwm Phillip valley.
• The far slope has been planted as a mixed woodland which includes rowan, ash and oak.
• A large holly tree can be seen along side the track.
  
  
  
• The berries of holly and rowan provide an autumn snack for birds, such as the chaffinch in the picture.
  
  
  
• The bracken covered slope provides a great habitat for many small mammals. They form a network of tunnels under cover of the vegetation.
• Birds of prey can often be seen hunting along the bank. This is a male Kestrel.
  
  
  
• The stream which runs along the bottom of Cwm Phillip valley feeds into Fish Pond that we saw earlier.
  
  
  

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