You can see many common woodland and scrub birds, as well as buzzards and turtle doves. In summer watch for the silver washed fritillary butterfly, with orange red spotted wings, streaked with silver on the under side.
On the Lythes
The open meadows of the Lythes are rich in flowers, which attracted many butterflies. Milkmaid another name for a cuckoo flower, is a common springtime plant and a food source for the orange tip butterfly.