Paices Wood Country Parkland is a country park on the edge of the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, England.[1] The parkland is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[2]
Geography and site
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The site covers 35 hectares (86 acres).[3] The parkland consists of woodland, grassland and several lakes located in a narrow valley.[1] A medieval road borders the site to the north-west edge, creating a natural boundary with the neighbouring Wasing Estate.[4]
There are seven lakes which vary in size from 0.4 acres up to 3.3 acres.[5]
History
editYoung Estates & Land Ltd bought what is now Youngs Industrial Estate and Paices Wood Country Parkland in 1961 from Turner & Hunter, a timber company.[6] The land was purchased for the purpose of gravel extraction, with the lakes that are now on the site created for washing the gravel.[4]
When gravel extraction finished in the early 1980s, the land was restored and became the site of the industrial estate and the rest of the site was developed into country parkland.[4]
In 2014 the management of the parkland was transferred from West Berkshire Council to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[7]
Fauna
editThe site has the following fauna:[2][5][8][9]
Reptiles and amphibians
editInvertebrates
edit- Grayling
- Purple emperor
- Common blue
- White admiral
- Silver-washed fritillary
- European peacock
- Drab looper
- Grizzled skipper
- Brimstones
- Comma
- Dingy skipper
- Small heath
- Treble-bar
- Lesser treble-bar
Birds
editFish
editFlora
editThe site has the following flora:[2][8][3]
Trees
editPlants
editFungi
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Paices Wood Country Parkland - Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Opening Times. "Paices Wood Country Parkland | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Paices Wood Country Parkland leaflet" (PDF). Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Fishing in Berkshire". Seven Lakes Angling. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Seven Lakes Angling │ Fishing in Berkshire". Sevenlakesangling.net. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 11 April 2017.