Make Your Own Wildflower Meadow
Chelsie Phillips from Wild Landscapes tells us how to make our own wildflower meadow!
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Emmett Hill Meadows
These three hay meadows in Minety with countless wildflowers form a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of their long history of traditional farming.
Glorious grasslands
A summer meadow is a beautiful sight, but there’s so much more to it than gently waving grass heads and fabulous flowers.
Ramsbury Meadow
Located on the flood plain of the River Kennet.
Lower Moor
A mosaic of three lakes, two brooks, ponds and wetland scrapes linked together by woodland and meadows.
Discover Wiltshire's Wildflower Wonders: Celebrating Our Magnificent Meadows
In open grassland habitats, commonly hidden by hedgerows, meadows blossom with vibrant wildflowers. These marvellous landscapes act as sanctuaries for native UK wildlife, playing a key role in…
Meadow buttercup
Meadow buttercup is a tall and stately buttercup, with buttery-yellow flowers that pepper meadows, pastures, gardens and parks with little drops of sunshine.
Meadow brown
One of our most common butterflies, the meadow brown can be spotted on grasslands, and in gardens and parks, often in large numbers. There are four subspecies of meadow brown.
Meadow grasshopper
The meadow grasshopper can be found in damp, unimproved pastures and meadows throughout summer. Males can be seen rubbing their legs against their wings to create a 'song' for the…
Meadow thistle
On first glance, the meadow thistle looks a bit like a knapweed - it's not as prickly as other thistles and only carries one pinky-purple flower head. It can be found in damp meadows and…
Meadow saffron
A late-blooming flower, Meadow saffron looks like a crocus, displaying similar pink flowers once its leaves have died back. It is a highly poisonous plant of meadows and woodland rides and…
Smallbrook Meadows
A mosaic of six small water meadows, wet woodland, marsh, ponds, chalk rivers, hedgerows and ditches.