Higher Longford Park Wild Life Report
Situated in agricultural land on the western edge of Dartmoor, Higher Longford is an ideal place to start exploring Dartmoor's wildlife. Managed with wildlife in mind, projects such as tree planting and wild flower meadow creation are ongoing. Many areas are left to grow wild and support abundant wild flowers, butterflies and birds in the summer months.
Large hedgebanks with a variety of native trees such as alder, ash, filed maple, hazel, hawthorn and holly surround the site. The hedgebanks are good places to look for woodland plants such as bluebells, primrose, honeysuckle and wild strawberry, whilst the meadow areas are good for foxglove, ox-eye daisy, yarrow and black knapweed. Plants attract insects which in turn draw in the many farmland bird species found here (use Dartmoor pocket guide - Farmland Birds and Farmland Plants - to help with identification).
