About the reserve

Tretawdy Farm nature reserve is managed as pasture and traditional hay meadow. A small stream, Slutty Brook, runs through the reserve. We are gradually enhancing the meadows, the hedgerows and the stream for wildlife.

A good range of wildflower species is found here including yellow rattle, knapweed, lady's mantle and common spotted orchid. Our ongoing management will significantly increase the number and diversity of species of both grasses and flowers which, in turn, will support more pollinating insects, small mammals and other invertebrates.

Some parts of the nature reserve are being left to grow more wild (Foxholes field in particular) with long grass and scrub being encouraged. We are allowing some of the hedgerows to widen to add more scrubby edges to the meadows which will give shelter and food for small birds and mammals. Initial monitoring at the reserve has shown a number of mammal species using this habitat, including dormouse and polecat.

Tretawdy Farm was left to the Trust as a legacy from Mrs Eileen Cook in 2019.