[4] Areas of the reserve have been left to mature and reach old age, with plenty of dead wood habitat for fungi and insects.

[4] Large numbers of wildfowl regularly use the open water in the winter months such as the tufted duck, greylag and Canada geese.

Canada and greylag geese, alongside the mallard and tufted duck are the most numerous breeding species on the site, although wintering and passage wildfowl are also attracted including the pochard, shelduck, teal and shoveller.

Equally, passage waders such as the greenshank and green sandpiper, as well as the uncommon little ringed plover, are regular breeding species on the site.

Plants of note include small cud-weed Filago minima, dwarf elder Sambucus ebulus, and slender bird's-foot trefoil Lotus angustissimus.