Wenthillside
Wenthillside is a privately owned and managed eleven acre conservation site in West Yorkshire. Butterfly Conservation members can visit the land most times by prior arrangement (as it is fenced and has locked gates). It is located about 2 miles South of the M62/A1 crossroads and half a mile NW of Wentbridge on Moor lane grid ref. SE4718. Sat nav. postcode for Moor lane Wentbridge WF8 3JN Off road parking on grass is available and there are several log seats around the site for either picnicking or just observing. The majority bought in 2013 and the lower field in 2017, mostly down to rough un-farmed grass with several small areas of trees and scrub, the lower 3.3 acre field bare agricultural destined to be a wildflower meadow. A SW facing magnesium limestone hillside with a large and varied wildlife content. To date 23 different species of butterfly, 19 regularly, including a large colony of Marbled White and several Purple Hairstreak. 53 species of moth, 166 species of plants and flowers, 44 species of fungi and 34 species of grasses/sedges long with 22 species of trees and bushes with much more to be discovered and documented.