Cocksherd Wood is a 4.8-hectare (12-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Slough in Berkshire. It is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by Evergreen 2000. The reserve is known locally as Bluebell Wood.[1][2]
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| Type | Local Nature Reserve |
| Location | Slough, Berkshire |
| OS grid | SU 945 828 |
| Area | 4.8 hectares (12 acres) |
| Managed by | Evergreen 2000 |
Geography and site
editThe site is 11.98 acres (4.85 ha) in size.[3] The site features ancient woodland with coppiced areas and some meadow and grassland areas.[4]
The site lies at the end of a Chalk dry valley, a tributary of the Haymill Valley and is mainly on the Lambeth Group.[5] in 1979 the woods and surrounding land was transferred over to Slough Borough Council.[4]
History
editThe woods have been there since at least the 1700s as they featured on Jefferys Map of Buckinghamshire which was dated 1766–68.[6] In the 1950s the woodland was bought by the London County Council as part of the Britwell development.[6]
In 1996 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Slough Borough Council.[1] In 2001 management of the reserve was given to Evergreen 2000 trust.[4]
Fauna
editThe site has the following fauna:[1][3][4]
Invertebrates
editBirds
editFlora
editThe site has the following flora:[4]
Trees
edit- Acer campestre
- Betula pendula
- Corylus avellana
- Crataegus monogyna
- Quercus robur
- Fagus sylvatica
- Fraxinus excelsior
- Ilex aquifolium
- Prunus avium
- Prunus spinosa
- Rhododendron ponticum
- Salix caprea
- Sambucus nigra
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Ulmus procera
Plants
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Cocksherd Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Map of Cocksherd Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Britwell and Haymill – Postcards from Slough". Postcards-from-slough.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Cocksherd Wood and the Evergreen 2000 Trust" (PDF). T.M. Tauren Bent. June 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Cocksherd Wood" (PDF). Berkshire Geoconservation Group. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Cocksherd Bluebell Wood, Britwell. May 2007". Sloughhistoryonline.org.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
