Wildlife area

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For the last four years, I've let a corner of my lawn run wild for the benefit of bees and insects. I have my birdfeeders there so a lot of seed has taken root and I've had some lovely "weed" flowers growing. However this year it has been very lacklustre, it's so overgrown, everything ended up lying down and forming a mat of growth, so it needs life bringing back to it. I've been given some wildflower meadow seeds for planting next spring, but that's a few months away, so I've cut way the matted surface, leaving a humpy dead lawn look - what should I do next?

1. Do nothing and leave it alone until next spring?

1. dig it over and leave it alone until next Spring?

1. cut some holes randomly into the surface, fill with compost, plant some winter pansies that I have on order into the holes and let the birdseed that falls grow around them?

1. Something else? Any suggestions are welcome.

Monty Don was on gardeners world last night prepping to sow a wild meadow bit.
He said you need to strim it right down to bare earth and rake all the grass away. The seeds wont germinate unless they are in contact with the earth.
Compost would be too full of nutrients for meadow mix. I saw a brilliant thread with lots of info, I will see if I can find and link

Here you go.
The 3rd post has loads of info about wildflower areas
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/gardening/3984410-Butterfly-and-bee-area-over-winter
& some info here
www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=436

I’ve just strimmed & raked up the area I’d left to grow long as it was lying flat and rotting. After watching Gardeners world last night, & re reading the other thread, I will strim down a bit more & sow my seeds -when it stops raining of course.

Thank you so much - that's a great help! Really appreciate your input.