About the reserve

This site is one of the best remaining neutral grasslands in the county. The dominant grasses are sweet vernal grass, red fescue and Yorkshire fog with patches of greater pond sedge. Characteristic flowering plants include great burnet, lady's smock and ragged robin. A good variety of breeding birds have been recorded here including snipe, lapwing and tawny owl.

The site is adjacent to Penny Pasture, a grassland and marsh habitat with scattered hawthorn bushes and a large central pond.