Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve

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Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve
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Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve
TypeNature reserve
LocationElsenham, Essex
OS grid TL 521 264
Area9.7 hectares
Managed byEssex Wildlife Trust

Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve is a 9.7-hectare (24-acre) nature reserve west of Elsenham in Essex. It was donated to the Essex Wildlife Trust by Aubrey Buxton and his wife in 1976. [1]

The site was previously a park for Norman House. It is woodland on a sandy and gravel soil, with meadows and six man-made ponds. Grassland plants include cowslips, wild strawberries and common spotted orchids. There are birds such as nuthatches and woodpeckers, and many species of butterfly. Black poplars, which are the county's rarest native tree, have been planted to replace trees lost to storm damage. [1]

There is access from a track off Alsa Street. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

Coordinates: 51°54′55″N0°12′36″E / 51.9154°N 0.2101°E / 51.9154; 0.2101