Enville Common.

Enville Common, not to be confused with Highgate Common, is west of The Million, starts at the A458 and runs alongside the Chester Road for well over a mile. It is, though, only about a quarter of a mile wide. There are two public footpaths that dissect it, one eventually goes to Blundies Lane, Enville and the other one comes out on the A458 by what used to be called the '60 Bend'. There is another footpath that runs the whole length of the eastern side where there are a few dwellings.

It's an interesting stretch of woodland because it contains some mature scots pine as well as larch, which the later was probably planted the same time as The Million. A lot of work has been taking place recently of thinning out sone of the larch and leaving the scots pine in place, which gives it the look and feel of Breckland or Caledonian.

I took the second footpath from the Chester Road, the one that comes out on Blundies Lane, and walked through the common, took a short walk right and left along the parallel footpath and then on to Enville.

Some of the scots pine were riddles with holes, showing their age, and looked good for breeding woodpeckers. The footpath to the right produced a beautiful pair of linnets, in breeding plumage, in one of the small paddocks opposite a house.

As I walked towards Enville, I came across some elm trees forming as hedgerow. Because of Dutch elm disease, elm trees only grow up to 4m before succumbing to the disease.

Enville Common

Enville Common

Elm Tree Leaves