Discovering Nature⠀

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• Looking away from the castle past New Pond is the lower ground. This open grassland is quite wet in places.
• The numerous ditches are full with frogspawn in early February.
  
  
  
• The reed areas provide nesting sites for the striking summer visitor the reed bunting.
  
  
  
• Much of this area is a favourite grazing area for the deer.
• One area of the lower ground supports a large colony of the tiny and rare Adder’s Tongue fern.
  
  
  
• In spring the whole area is pink with the flowers of Lady’s Smock.
  
  
  

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