Photos of wild flowers in Barn Owl habitat:
The best hunting habitat for Barn Owls in the UK, is rough grassland. The Lennon Legacy Project (LLP) began life as artificially fertilised, heavily grazed sheep pasture – mainly short Rye Grass and White Clover. We changed the grassland management to produce a thick, matted mix of native grasses to encourage Field Voles – the Barn Owl’s main prey.
Many wild flower species – such as Foxgloves, Great Mullein, Speedwell and Buttercups – are now abundant and create spectacular drifts of colour every spring and summer. Native flora that had never been seen here before, are thriving – such as Slender Mullein, Dark Mullein, White Campion, Musk Thistle, Field Pansies, Wild Onion, Mallow, and many others.
-
-
Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
-
-
Bluebell (Hyancinthoides non-scripta)
-
-
Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
-
-
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria hollostea)
-
-
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
-
-
Buttercup sp. (Ranunculus sp.)
-
-
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
-
-
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
-
-
Field Bindweed (Convulvulus arvensis)
-
-
Hawkbit sp. (Leontodon sp.)
-
-
Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
-
-
Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
-
-
Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)
-
-
Common Mouse ear (Cerastium fontanum)
-
-
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
-
-
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
-
-
Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
-
-
Mallow (Malva sylvestris)
-
-
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
-
-
White Campion (Silene latifolia) and Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)
-
-
Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
-
-
Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
-
-
Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
-
-
Common Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
-
-
Bird’s-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
-
-
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
-
-
Buttercup sp. (Ranunculus sp.) and Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
-
-
Buttercup sp. (Ranunculus sp.) and Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)
-
-
Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) and Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
-
-
Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum)
-
-
Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum) and Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
-
-
Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum) and Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
-
-
Dog Violet (Viola riviniana)
-
-
Flax (Linum usitatissimum)
-
-
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
-
-
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea)
-
-
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea)
-
-
Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
-
-
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
-
-
Lady’s Smock (Cardamine pratensis)
-
-
Greater Musk-mallow (Malva alcea)
-
-
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
-
-
Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)
-
-
Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
-
-
Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
-
-
Red campion (Silene dioica)
-
-
St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
-
-
Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca)
-
-
Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca)
-
-
White Campion (Silene latifolia)
-
-
Yellow pimpernell (Lysimachia nemorum)
-
-
Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon)
-
-
Twiggy Mullein (Verbascum virgatum)
-
-
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
-
-
Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
-
-
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
-
-
Field Woodrush (Luzula campestris)
-
-
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis)
-
-
Daffodill (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
-
-
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
-
-
Bristly Oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)
-
-
Bluebell (Hyancinthoides non-scripta)
-
-
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sp.)
-
-
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
-
-
Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)
-
-
Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)
-
-
Yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
-
-
Bluebell (Hyancinthoides sp.) and Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)
Click on a photo to scroll through the wild flowers gallery. Click on the black background or press esc. to return to this page.
Come and see our wild flower meadows, by joining us on a guided walk through ‘Barn Owl Heaven’.
Book on a walk.