Rimrose Valley - Brookvale Traditional Cache
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Rimrose Valley - Brookvale
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Brookvale is an 8.2 ha Local Nature Reserve situated at the southern tip of Rimrose Valley Country Park.
From the 1920's up until the mid 80's the area was designated for allotment use. Interest in managing the site for wildlife came only after many of the allotments were abandoned due to persistent chronic flooding. Over the years that followed much of the site was re-colonised by phragmites reed which led to its recognition as a Site of Local Biological Interest (SLBI) and to it more recently gaining LNR status.
As Sefton's only non-coastal reserve, Brookvale provides a valuable and unique green oasis amongst what is otherwise a heavily populated and industrialised area. With its interesting network of pathways and raised boardwalks, Brookvale and Rimrose Valley as a whole provides opportunities for quiet informal countryside recreation in an area where such activities are scarce.
The site now boasts a mosaic of several habitats including Reed-bed swamp, Rimrose Brook and a man-made pond system as well as smaller peripheral areas of damp meadow, dry grassland and Willow-Carr woodland.
Brookvale LNR is home to a flora and fauna community typical of an established wetland. There is diverse plant life within the site with aquatic species including Marsh Marigold, Greater Spearwort and Water Mint occurring in and around the open water and damp meadow species such as Marsh Willowherb, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil and Purple Loosestrife in the periphery. In the dryer grassland areas it's not uncommon to find Southern Marsh and Spotted Orchids along with more coastal species like Evening Primrose and Bugloss.
An abundance of bird life can also be found with good numbers of Snipe, Water Rail, Woodcock, Dunnock, Common Whitethroat and Blackcap along with breeding pairs of Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler and Reed Bunting. Summertime reveals an array of insect life including Southern Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser and Common Darter dragonflies along with familiar butterflies like the Gatekeeper, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
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