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(S/E) From the Red Lion Inn car park turn right, following the road in front of the pub. Keep left at the fork, walking past the village hall, and continue along this road for approx. 400m.
(1) When you reach the ford turn right and cross the bridge into Somerset Wildlife Trust Babcary Meadows Reserve. The site is among England’s few remaining areas of traditionally managed unimproved neutral grassland.
Complete a circuit of the reserve as shown on the map overleaf. From April until the annual hay cut in mid-July, bursts of colourful wildflowers fill the fields - lookout for Cowslips and Green-Winged Orchids early on, with Yellow-Rattle, Oxeye Daisy and Salad Burnet making an appearance later, in June and July. Fungal fairy rings can be seen in the autumn, and Redwing and Fieldfare flocks arrive in winter.
(2) On exiting the reserve turn right onto the track, keeping left at the fork. Continue along the track for approx. 250 metres.
(3) Go through a wooden gate on the left onto a public footpath. Continue straight, along the edge of the field until you reach the river. Follow the river for a short while, leaving it again to exit the field through the gate halfway up the field boundary.
(4) Turn left and follow the road into Babcary. Just after the sharp bend in the road, turn left through a gate to follow the footpath. At the end of the footpath, turn right to return to the Red Lion Inn.(S/E)
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