There is an abundance of wildlife in and around Thriplow. Yellowhammers sing in the hedges and you can see coots on a front lawn, greylags in the fields, red-legged partridges and pheasants on roofs, skylarks, buzzards, kestrels and red kites in the air.
Thriplow Gold is a narcissus unique to Thriplow, and there are barn and tawny owls, muntjacs and roe deer, rabbits and hares, an abundance of trees, rare orchids and an endangered crustacean called the Fairy Shrimp.
Over the years some species disappear. Grey partridges are one example, you can read about another one in an article called The Last Cuckoo by Richard Webber, volume 16.3 (2007).
For a fascinating article by Bill Wittering about the tree called Dawn Redwood, long thought extinct but growing well in Thriplow, see volume 12.1 (2003).
An article accompanied by stunning photographs to illustrate an hour’s walk in the Thriplow Orchid Meadows SSSI by John Deed is in volume 30.1 (2021).
Unexpected visitors have included bee swarms and peacocks. If you see anything unsual or special in any way please let Dr Shirley Wittering know – via the email address on the Home page.