List of local nature reserves in Berkshire

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Bluebells in Goulding's Wood, part of Park Wood and Goulding's Wood LNR Bisham Woods (26559670834).jpg
Bluebells in Goulding's Wood, part of Park Wood and Goulding's Wood LNR

Local nature reserves (LNRs) in England are designated by local authorities under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. [1] LNRs are sites which have a special local interest either biologically or geologically. Local authorities have a duty to care for them, and must control the sites by owning or leasing them, or by having an agreement with the owners. The local authorities can apply local byelaws to manage and protect LNRs. [2]

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As of January 2020, there are forty-one LNRs in Berkshire. [3] Five are also Sites of Special Scientific Interest, two are Special Areas of Conservation and four are managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Berkshire is a county in South East England. [4] It is bordered by Hampshire and Surrey to the south, Greater London to the east, Wiltshire to the west and Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to the north. [5] Berkshire lies in the valleys of the Thames and its tributary, the River Kennet, and in the west it is crossed by chalk hills. [6] It has a population of more than 860,000. It is no longer an administrative county following the abolition of Berkshire County Council in 1998. It is governed by six unitary authorities: Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham. [7]

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SitePhotographArea [lower-alpha 1] Location [lower-alpha 2] BoroughOtherMap [lower-alpha 3] and details [lower-alpha 4] Description
Alder Moors Alder Moors (7).jpg 8.5 hectares (21 acres) Woodley
51°27′32″N0°53′10″W / 51.459°N 0.886°W / 51.459; -0.886 (Alder Moors)
SU 775 739 		Wokingham Map and details This ancient wood is named after the alder trees which dominate it. Other species include ash and willow. Ground flora include marsh marigolds, primroses and anemones. [8]
Ali's Pond Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve.jpg 0.4 hectares (0.99 acres) Sonning
51°28′12″N0°54′47″W / 51.470°N 0.913°W / 51.470; -0.913 (Ali's Pond)
SU 756 751 		Wokingham Map and details More than 40 aquatic and wetland plants and 18 species of dragonfly have been recorded at the reserve. Other fauna include great crested newts, harvest mice, stag beetles, song thrushes and pipistrelle bats. [9]
Ambarrow Court Daffodils in Ambarrow Court - geograph.org.uk - 709473.jpg 7.8 hectares (19 acres) Sandhurst
51°21′22″N0°49′01″W / 51.356°N 0.817°W / 51.356; -0.817 (Ambarrow Cour)
SU 825 625 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This site, which was once part of a Victorian country estate, has ancient woodland, birch and hazel coppice, marsh, ponds and a meadow. Fauna include noctule bats, glow worms and stag beetles. [10]
Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve at Horton, Berkshire.jpg 4.1 hectares (10 acres) Horton
51°28′19″N0°31′48″W / 51.472°N 0.530°W / 51.472; -0.530 (Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve)
TQ 022 758 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details The reserve has four former gravel pits which have been converted from derelict land into lagoons managed for wildlife. There are several islands and the site has been planted with trees and shrubs, while some areas have been turned into wildflower meadows. [11]
Bisham Woods Frosty farmland next to Quarry Wood - geograph.org.uk - 82778.jpg 85.7 hectares (212 acres) Cookham
51°33′22″N0°45′54″W / 51.556°N 0.765°W / 51.556; -0.765 (Bisham Woods)
SU 857 849 		Windsor and Maidenhead SAC, [12] SSSI [13] Map and details Most of this site is broad leaved woodland on well drained chalk soils, together with some areas on wet clay and others on glacial sands and gravels. It has one of the richest ground floras of any wood in the county, with dog's mercury and ivy dominant. There are also mollusc species characteristic of ancient woodland on chalky soils, such as the snails Helicigona lapicida , Pomatias elegans and Cochlodina laminata . [14]
Blundells Copse Path through Blundells Copse (geograph 3938510) cropped.jpg 5.6 hectares (14 acres) Reading
51°27′22″N1°01′59″W / 51.456°N 1.033°W / 51.456; -1.033 (Blundells Copse)
SU 673 734 		Reading Map and details A stream runs through this area of ancient woodland. There are fauna such as bats, hedgehogs, muntjac deer, field mice and frogs, while flora include opposite leaved golden saxifrage, marsh marigold, yellow archangel and fool's-water-cress. [15]
Bradnam Wood Bradnam Wood (3).jpg 12.5 hectares (31 acres) Maidenhead
51°32′56″N0°46′48″W / 51.549°N 0.780°W / 51.549; -0.780 (Bradnam Wood)
SU 847 840 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details This site has mature woodland at the northern end and more recently planted trees in the south. In the middle is a field which has chalk grassland plants and large anthills. [16]
Braywick Park Braywick Park (32095036964).jpg 12.7 hectares (31 acres) Maidenhead
51°30′43″N0°42′36″W / 51.512°N 0.710°W / 51.512; -0.710 (Braywick Park)
SU 896 800 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details This former quarry has areas of parkland together with areas managed for wildlife with grassland, woodland a pond. [17]
Carpenter's Wood Carpenter's Wood (3).jpg 21.4 hectares (53 acres) Maidenhead
51°32′13″N0°47′06″W / 51.537°N 0.785°W / 51.537; -0.785 (Carpenter's Wood)
SU 844 827 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details The site consists of two adjacent woods, Carpenter's Wood and Dungrovehill Wood. It lost half of its mature beech trees in the storms of 1987 and the early 1990s. [18]
Clayfield Copse Waymarked path in Clayfield Copse - geograph.org.uk - 1233172.jpg 8.7 hectares (21 acres) Caversham
51°29′17″N0°57′25″W / 51.488°N 0.957°W / 51.488; -0.957 (Clayfield Cops)
SU 725 771 		Reading Map and details This site has mature woodland, fields managed as recreational areas, other fields left to regenerate as woodland, a wildlflower meadow and a sculpture trail. There are also ancient ditches and boundary banks. The woodland has a wild pear and wild service tree. [19] [20]
Cocksherd Wood Cocksherd Wood (5).jpg 4.8 hectares (12 acres) Slough
51°32′10″N0°38′20″W / 51.536°N 0.639°W / 51.536; -0.639 (Cocksherd Wood)
SU 945 828 		Slough Map and details This ancient wood has diverse fauna and flora, including field maple, wild cherry, birch, oak, hazel, beech, honeysuckle and blackthorn. [21] There is a display of bluebells in April. [22]
Edgbarrow Woods Edgbarrow Woods nature reserve.jpg 36.8 hectares (91 acres) Crowthorne
51°21′29″N0°48′18″W / 51.358°N 0.805°W / 51.358; -0.805 (Edgbarrow Woods)
SU 833 628 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This reserve has semi-natural woodland, wet and dry heath and acidic grassland. Fauna include noctule bats, glow-worms, silver-studded blue butterflies, and such birds such as Eurasian hobby, Eurasian bullfinches and Dartford warblers. [23]
Englemere Pond Englemere Pond - geograph.org.uk - 106942.jpg 26.4 hectares (65 acres) Ascot
51°24′29″N0°42′07″W / 51.408°N 0.702°W / 51.408; -0.702 (Englemere Pond)
SU 904 685 		Bracknell Forest SSSI [24] Map and details This large pond is surrounded by marshland. It is dominated by common reed, and other flora include bog mosses, sundew, bog pondweed, spike-rush and St John's-wort. The swamp also provides a habitat for a variety of breeding birds, such as sedge warblers and common reed bunting. There are areas of woodland a small heath. [25]
Farley Copse Farley Copse (1).jpg 33 hectares (82 acres) Bracknell
51°25′08″N0°46′48″W / 51.419°N 0.780°W / 51.419; -0.780 (Farley Copse)
SU 849 696 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This area of ancient woodland has flora such as wood anemones and dog violets. It has a pond with large red damselfies and broad-bodied chaser dragonflies. [26]
The Gullet The Gullet (7).jpg 2.1 hectares (5.2 acres) Maidenhead
51°30′58″N0°43′59″W / 51.516°N 0.733°W / 51.516; -0.733 (The Gullet)
SU 880 804 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details This is a strip of woodland next to the railway in Maidenhead. It has a variety of species of trees and flowering plants, and there are also areas of scrub and rough grassland. [27]
Hayley Green Wood Hayley Green Wood (3).jpg 2.0 hectares (4.9 acres) Warfield
51°25′44″N0°43′23″W / 51.429°N 0.723°W / 51.429; -0.723 (Hayley Green Wood)
SU 889 708 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This wood on London clay has ash, silver birch and willow trees. Fauna include grass snakes and frogs, and flora include ox-eye daisy, self heal and foxgloves. [28]
Haymill Valley Haymill Valley (4).jpg 7.8 hectares (19 acres) Slough
51°31′34″N0°38′38″W / 51.526°N 0.644°W / 51.526; -0.644 (Haymill Valley)
SU 942 817 		Slough BBOWT [29] Map and details This nature reserve has woodland with bluebells and great spotted woodpeckers, together with reedbeds which have flora including yellow iris and marsh-marigold. There are butterflies such as orange-tips, holly blues and speckled woods. [29]
Heathlake Heath Lake.jpg 22.3 hectares (55 acres) Crowthorne
51°22′48″N0°48′36″W / 51.380°N 0.810°W / 51.380; -0.810 (Heathlake)
SU 829 652 		Wokingham SSSI [30] Map and details Most of this 2.8-hectare (7-acre) lake is less than 1 metre (3 feet) deep. It is the only acid lake in the county which retains its characteristic plants, such as alternate water-milfoil and six-stamened waterwort. The banks are peaty and marshy in some areas. There are also small areas of woodland, dry heath and acid grassland. [31] [32]
Herschel Park Herschel Park LNR (2).jpg 4.2 hectares (10 acres) Slough
51°30′07″N0°35′38″W / 51.502°N 0.594°W / 51.502; -0.594 (Herschel Park)
SU 977 790 		Slough Map and details The park, which has flowers, mammals and birds, provides a good view of Windsor Castle. [33]
Highwood High Wood, Woodley (geograph 3695020).jpg 15.2 hectares (38 acres) Woodley
51°26′49″N0°55′19″W / 51.447°N 0.922°W / 51.447; -0.922 (Highwood)
SU 750 725 		Wokingham Map and details This site was formerly part of the grounds of Woodley Lodge, [34] and its former arboretum has exotic trees such as giant redwoods and monkey puzzles. Birds include common kingfishers, goosanders, common shag, grey wagtails, Bohemian waxwings and great spotted woodpeckers. [35]
Holt Copse & Joel Park Path from Holt Copse - geograph.org.uk - 1288694.jpg 5.3 hectares (13 acres) Wokingham
51°25′01″N0°50′42″W / 51.417°N 0.845°W / 51.417; -0.845 (Holt Copse and Joel Park)
SU 804 693 		Wokingham Map and details Most of this site is woodland, some of it ancient semi-natural and some mixed deciduous. There is a large noctule bat roost. [36]
Hosehill Lake Hosehill Lake - March 2017.jpg 23.6 hectares (58 acres) Theale
51°25′19″N1°04′08″W / 51.422°N 1.069°W / 51.422; -1.069 (Hosehill Lake)
SU 649 696 		West Berkshire BBOWT [37] Map and details The lake has a wide variety of water birds, including northern lapwings, little ringed plovers and great crested grebes. A wildflower meadow with many butterflies and moths is grazed by wild Exmoor ponies. [37]
Jock's Copse Jock's Copse (4).jpg 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) Binfield
51°25′30″N0°46′12″W / 51.425°N 0.770°W / 51.425; -0.770 (Jock's Copse)
SU 856 703 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This is ancient coppiced wood mainly of oak and hazel with several wild service trees. Fauna include badgers, roe deer, Eurasian bullfinches and all three British species of woodpecker. [38]
Lavells Lake Winnersh - Lavell's Lake - geograph.org.uk - 2078888.jpg 12.5 hectares (31 acres) Woodley
51°27′00″N0°52′30″W / 51.450°N 0.875°W / 51.450; -0.875 (Lavells Lake)
SU 783 729 		Wokingham Map and details The site is part of Dinton Pastures Country Park, which was previously used for gravel extraction and now has eight lakes. The LNR is centred on one of the lakes and is managed to encourage its bird population. There are also islands and meadows. [39] [40]
Longmoor Bog Longmoor Bog Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1350093.jpg 11.8 hectares (29 acres) Finchampstead
51°22′52″N0°52′44″W / 51.381°N 0.879°W / 51.381; -0.879 (Longmoor Bog)
SU 781 653 		Wokingham SSSI [41] Map and details This is mainly carr woodland, together with areas of wet heath and secondary mixed woodland. A small stream runs through the carr woodland, which has peat to a depth of more than a metre covered by mosses. The wet heath is important for insects, such as the bog bush cricket, silver-studded blue butterfly, emperor dragonfly, waved black moth and wood ant. [42]
Lousehill Copse Pond in Lousehill Copse - geograph.org.uk - 611917.jpg 13.0 hectares (32 acres) Tilehurst
51°27′18″N1°01′16″W / 51.455°N 1.021°W / 51.455; -1.021 (Lousehill Copse)
SU 681 733 		Reading Map and details This site is in the middle of housing. It is mainly semi-ancient oak and hazel woodland on sand gravel. There is also a meadow, an old pond and marshy areas. [43]
Maiden Erlegh Lakes The Duck and the World.jpg 10.2 hectares (25 acres) Earley
51°25′59″N0°55′26″W / 51.433°N 0.924°W / 51.433; -0.924 (Maiden Erlegh Lakes)
SU 749 710 		Wokingham Map and details This site has lakes, ancient semi-natural woodland deciduous woodland. [44] Features include a tern nesting platform and a sculpture called The Duck and the World. Fishing is allowed in the lake. [45]
The Marshes The Marshes Local Nature Reserve (6).jpg 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) Swallowfield
51°21′50″N0°56′49″W / 51.364°N 0.947°W / 51.364; -0.947 (The Marshes)
SU 734 633 		Wokingham Map and details The main part of this site is a former horse paddock which was planted with 1400 native shrubs and trees between 2004 and 2008. A pond and boardwalk were constructed in a small area of wet woodland. [46]
McIlroy Park Watching Reading at McIlroy Park - geograph.org.uk - 611972.jpg 12.0 hectares (30 acres) Reading
51°27′50″N1°01′37″W / 51.464°N 1.027°W / 51.464; -1.027 (McIlroy Park)
SU 677 743 		Reading Map and details The park has views over the River Thames, and a sunken ancient track called Gypsy Lane, which is lined with beech trees. Most of it is grassland broom, but there also areas of semi-ancient woodland, one of which has disused chalk quarries. [47]
Ockwells Park Ockwells Park (6).jpg 9.3 hectares (23 acres) Maidenhead
51°29′56″N0°44′02″W / 51.499°N 0.734°W / 51.499; -0.734 (Ockwells Park)
SU 880 786 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details The LNR is the nature reserve part of a larger park. It has paths and a nature trail through areas of woodland, meadow and copses. [48]
Padworth Common Padworth common.jpg 28.0 hectares (69 acres) Burghfield Common
51°22′37″N1°06′43″W / 51.377°N 1.112°W / 51.377; -1.112 (Padworth Common)
SU 619 646 		West Berkshire BBOWT [49] Map and details This site is mainly heath, but there are also areas of grassland, wet gullies, ponds and oak and pine woodland. There is a variety of heathland birds, such as Dartford warbler, tree pipit, European stonechat, woodlark and the rare European nightjar. The pond has many dragonflies and damselflies. [49]
Park Wood and Goulding's Wood Bluebells (34303735655).jpg 35.3 hectares (87 acres) Maidenhead
51°32′46″N0°46′12″W / 51.546°N 0.770°W / 51.546; -0.770 (Park Wood and Goulding's Wood)
SU 854 837 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details This mature wood is mainly oak and beech on clay soils. There are several sequoia trees which were planted in the Victorian period. There are ponds and dells in the north of the site, which is dominated by rhododendrons. [50]
Pearman's Copse Pearman's Copse.jpg 6.9 hectares (17 acres) Lower Earley
51°25′05″N0°56′38″W / 51.418°N 0.944°W / 51.418; -0.944 (Pearman's Copse)
SU 735 693 		Wokingham Map and details This is an ancient wood with ash, hazel and oak trees. It has archaeological features such as boundary banks and ditches. [51]
Piggy Wood Piggy Wood (5).jpg 2.3 hectares (5.7 acres) Warfield
51°25′41″N0°44′56″W / 51.428°N 0.749°W / 51.428; -0.749 (Piggy Wood)
SU 871 706 		Bracknell Forest Map and details In the summer damselflies and dragonflies can be seen along a tributary of The Cut, which runs through the wood. Flora include wood anemone, marsh marigold and wood avens. [52]
Round Copse Round Copse - small path in Round Copse.jpg 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres) Reading
51°27′40″N1°01′30″W / 51.461°N 1.025°W / 51.461; -1.025 (Round Copse)
SU 678 740 		Reading Map and details This dense wood has diverse birds, including all three British species of woodpecker, Eurasian nuthatches, Eurasian treecreepers, thrushes, and blackbirds. [53]
Sutherland Grange Damselfly 3 (SuGr) (15142881791).jpg 3.2 hectares (7.9 acres) Windsor
51°29′06″N0°38′56″W / 51.485°N 0.649°W / 51.485; -0.649 (Sutherland Grange)
SU 939 771 		Windsor and Maidenhead Map and details Part of this open space is a conservation area. A field called Sutherland Grange Hay Meadow has diverse species of flowers and grasses, with insects which provide a food source for birds in the surrounding hedges and trees. [54]
Swallowfield Meadow Swallowfield meadow Local nature reserve May 2017.jpg 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) Swallowfield
51°22′37″N0°57′29″W / 51.377°N 0.958°W / 51.377; -0.958 (Swallowfield Meadow)
SU 726 647 		Wokingham Map and details This small site has diverse habitats with grassland, woodland, ditches, hedges and seasonal ponds. Mammals include the endangered water vole and there are trees such as silver birch, field maple and hazel. [55]
Temple Copse Temple Copse (2).jpg 1.9 hectares (4.7 acres) Binfield
51°25′26″N0°46′30″W / 51.424°N 0.775°W / 51.424; -0.775 (Temple Copse)
SU 853 702 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This is one of the Three Copses, together with Jock's and Tinkers. The dominant trees in this wood are oak and hazel. Fauna include badgers, squirrels, bullfinches and Eurasian jays. [56]
Thatcham Reedbeds Thatcham Reedbeds Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 9490.jpg 14.0 hectares (35 acres) Thatcham
51°25′26″N0°46′30″W / 51.424°N 0.775°W / 51.424; -0.775 (Thatcham Reedbeds)
SU 500 667 		West Berkshire BBOWT, [57] SAC, [58] SSSI [59] Map and details The site is described by Natural England as nationally important for its reed beds, fen and species rich alder woods. It is also nationally important for Desmoulin's whorl snails and there are many breeding birds, such as the nationally rare Cetti's warbler. Wetland plants include common valerian, skullcap and marsh bedstraw. [60]
Tinkers Copse Tinkers Copse (2).jpg 1.9 hectares (4.7 acres) Binfield
51°25′34″N0°46′12″W / 51.426°N 0.770°W / 51.426; -0.770 (Tinkers Copse)
SU 856 704 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This ancient coppiced wood has a wide variety of wildlife. Fauna include bullfinches, badgers, roe deer and all three species of British woodpecker. [61]
Whitegrove Copse Whitegrove Copse (2).jpg 3.6 hectares (8.9 acres) Warfield
51°25′23″N0°44′20″W / 51.423°N 0.739°W / 51.423; -0.739 (Whitegrove Copse)
SU 878 701 		Bracknell Forest Map and details This site is ancient coppiced woodland with diverse wildlife. Flora include ragged robin and the wild service tree, while there are birds such as bullfinches, blackcap and chiffchaff. [62]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The area is taken from the Natural England map of each site. (Click on the identify icon (i) in the "Feature Tools" and then click on the site.)
  2. ↑ The location is taken from the Natural England details page for the site.
  3. ↑ The maps are on the Natural England database of local nature reserves.
  4. ↑ Details are on the pages on each site in the Natural England database of local nature reserves. [3]

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Inkpen Common or Inkpen Great Common is a 12.8-hectare (32-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Inkpen in Berkshire. It is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cothill Fen</span> Protected area in Oxfordshire, England

Cothill Fen is a 43.3-hectare (107-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is a Special Area of Conservation and parts of it are a Geological Conservation Review site, a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and a National Nature Reserve. It also includes two areas which are nature reserves managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Lashford Lane Fen and Parsonage Moor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bould Wood</span>

Bould Wood is a 58.2-hectare (144-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Shipton-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire. An area of 23 hectares is Foxholes nature reserve, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

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