Birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus.
A member of the pea family. Its three yellow petal flowers appear in small clusters. They are followed by seed pods that look distinctly like bird’s feet or claws. It’s an important food plant for the caterpillars of the common blue, silver-studded blue and wood white butterflies and when there was more grassland on Parkland Walk it attracted the Six spot burnett moth. A small plant has established itself in the Wildlife Trail. Photo: Stephen Middleton. WT
