Draycote Meadows

Draycote Meadows SSSI (grid reference SP451708) is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1973.

The site is managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and is well known for its flower rich hay meadows and variety of butterflies.

[4] The stream running through the meadows is fed by spring-water creating a thriving community of wet loving herbs such as brooklime, lesser water-parsnip and meadowsweet.

The site's hedgerows contain English elm, blackthorn and wild privet, with occasional common oak, ash and gean specimens adding diversity.

[1] Grass snakes are found here[2] while the trees and hedgerows around the meadows provide nesting sites for green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker and Eurasian nuthatch in the summer as well as attracting wintering thrushes such as fieldfare and redwing during the winter months.