Species - life on the Hurst

The site consists of a mosaic of habitats from aquatic and emergent vegetation along the riversides, damp ditches, short turf grassland, rank vegetation and remnant hedgerows. Numerous willows pollards border the ditches.

This part of the web site records some of the life to be found on the Hurst.

Click here to visit a photographic record of our flora and a species report.

Oxe-eye daisy

Ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare


Swan

A visitor to the Hurst

Click here to visit a photographic record of some of the birds found on the Hurst and a survey of birds found in the Dorchester on Thames area.

Click here to visit a photographic record of our trees.

Oak tree and spring flowers


 

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