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About the Trap Grounds


The Trap Grounds Town Green & Local Wildlife Site in north Oxford lies immediately south of the Frenchay Road canal bridge (nearest postcode OX2 6TF). An information board on the towpath marks the entrance to three acres of reed bed and seven acres of woodland, grassland, stream, and ponds. The site (open to visitors 24/7) is owned by Oxford City Council and managed for conservation, recreation, and education by the Friends of the Trap Grounds, a group of local volunteers. For more information about current events and activities, the history and wildlife status of the site, and our campaign to save it as a Town Green, visit www.trap-grounds.org.uk. You can also contact the Secretary via the website.

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Friday, August 30, 2019


Brown Argus butterfly

Nicola photographed this Brown Argus feeding on a cornflower on 26 August. The caterpillar of this species has an unusual relationship with ants. As it grows, it produces a secretion that is irresistible to them, and when it turns into a chrysalis they will carry it away and bury it underground. There is no shortage of ants on the Trap Grounds. One of the ant heaps has proved irresistible to a fox, which has been poking deep inside it for sustenance. And so the cycle of life goes on ...

Brown Argus (female?), Trap Grounds, 26.08.2019, Nicola Devine

And speaking of foxes, on visits to the Trap Grounds do you ever get the feeling that you are being watched?


Trap Grounds fox (Nicola Devine, 29 August 2019), 


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