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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, January 3, 2020

NEW YEAR'S DAY 2020


Winter Heliotrope in flower

Clare Weiner writes: We spotted Winter Heliotrope flowering beside the path to the Bird Hide from the Boardwalk today - the first signs of flowers in the Trap Grounds this year! This plant, which grows in damp meadows and woodland, can be confused with the Butterbur, which also grows in profusion on the TG in a similar location. The Winter Heliotrope's purple/mauve flowers (they have a vanilla scent) grow on a long stalk, and are surrounded by the distinctly rounded leaves. By contrast, the Butterbur flowers appear before the leaves, in a tight, slightly cone-shaped cluster on a short thick stalk, and are unscented, white tinged with purple.

Winter Heliotrope (Clare Weiner, 1 January 2020)

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