[1] Plants which grow on the western scree include pyramidal orchid, autumna gentian and wild mignonette.

These include fairy flax, harebell, dropwort, field scabious, lady's bedstraw, quaking-grass and woolly thistle.

It is recorded that the bare limestone rubble, which is on the face of the main excavation area, used to support the rare perfoliate or Cotswold pennycress.

Sightings of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly are recorded here, as are populations of ringlet, large skipper and marbled white.

[1] The grassland is cut annually to encourage wildflower growth and to prevent invasion by dominant grasses.