Cattle are used to graze the site in the summer and autumn to ensure coarse grasses don't out-compete the flower-rich sward and orchids.

[4] The crocus field slopes down to a spring-fed stream, then rises to become fine meadowland.

Along the edge of the pasture an old hedgerow offers food and refuge to a host of birds.

[4] There is a local legend that 12th-century Crusaders brought the crocuses back from Europe as a source of saffron to flavour food.

[6] The site was created as a SSSI not for its crocuses, as they are non-native, but for its species-rich meadowland.