Cooks Fields reserve has a rich and diverse flora with over 170 species of flowering plant recorded on the site, including 20 Somerset notable species.
The steeper slopes, where soils are thin, contain species typical of limestone areas, such as Common rock rose, Salad Burnet and Wild Thyme. More unusual are species such as Dropwort and Horseshoe Vetch. To the north of the reserve are two hay meadows where you will find widespread Yellow rattle, Common Knapweed and occasional Adders Tongue Fern. Later in the year it is possible to see an abundance of the orchid, Autumn Ladies Tresses displayed across large areas of the reserve.
Skylarks and swallows are a common sight over the grasslands in summer and the occasional Peregrine Falcon can be spied high above the escarpment. The reserve is an important feeding habitat for the local populations of Greater & Lesser Horseshoe Bats, it is also one of the few sites in Somerset where you can see the Chalkhill Blue butterfly, which is on the wing in late summer.
The cache is a small tuper ware container and includes some stickers, pin badges and information on the project. IT IS NOT IN THE DRY STONE WALLS.
This geocache has been placed to celebrate the Magnificent Meadows of the Mendip Hills and there are 7 others which have been placed on Meadow nature reserves in the area.
Thanks for visiting Cooks Fields, we hope you have enjoyed your time here.
This cache is placed with the permission of the reserve manager of the Somerset Wildlife Trust.