SIte Conditions:

* Pasture field
* More or less flat
* Mature Trees on the North-East
* River on (North) Western Hedge
* Hawkthorn hedge to South-West with pollared field maples and electrical powerlines overhead
* Track/ fence running alongside South-Eastern edge
* Wind funnels up valley from South West
* Frost pocket
* High pressure gas main 

Soil: 
* alluvial silt soil with flints
* alakaline 7.7 - 8 ph