Reverend John Parker, a renowned botanical illustrator and Welsh landscape painter, was once rector at Llanmerewig - he probably collected specimens from the meadow for reference.

The site has another local value. It contains a rare colony of meadow saffron - also known as autumn crocus - which is highly poisonous in spring.

It's amazing that the plant still survives here, probably because the meadow has been farmed traditionally for years, providing rich hay crops and late autumn grazing, though the animals were not put into the field until the autumn crocus had finished flowering!

Today, the glebe is managed as a traditional hay meadow to maintain the variety of wildflowers such as bird's foot trefoil, common knapweed and lady's mantle that encourage birds and insects to the reserve.

The site also attracts a wide range of butterflies and moths including the ringlet, meadow brown and mottled beauty.

A public footpath runs through the centre of the reserve.

Grid reference SO 160 930