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Nature and wildlife - Kilkenny Lane Country Park

The country park provides a rich biodiversity - offering food and habitats to a wide range of animals. Only trees and shrubs that can be found growing in the wild locally have been used including Oak, Ash, Hazel and Hawthorn.

Some of the shrubs are coppiced (cut back to ground level) occasionally. This is a traditional woodland management method, and provides a variety of habitats for wildlife as it promotes thick re-growth of the plant.

As well as tree and shrub planting, many areas of the site contain wild flowers and grasses. These are cut twice yearly (late July and September) after the flowering season to provide food and habitat for birds, insects including butterflies, and small mammals and also to encourage wild flowers to seed and spread.

Any grass paths are cut fortnightly throughout the growing season (March - October).