Audrey's Meadow
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| Type | Nature reserve |
| Location | Newbury , Berkshire |
| OS grid | SU 486 659 |
| Area | 2 hectares (4.9 acres) |
| Managed by | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust |
Audrey's Meadow is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) nature reserve in Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[1]
Geography and site
[edit]Audrey's Meadow contains a mixture of improved and semi-improved neutral grassland and wet woodland with ponds.[2]
History
[edit]In 2011 the meadow was adopted as a public open space and named after one of the parish councilors, Mrs Audrey Appleby.[3][4] In 2014 it was transferred from West Berkshire Council to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[5]
Fauna
[edit]The site has the following fauna:[1]
Amphibians
[edit]Invertebrates
[edit]- Aeshna grandis
- Polyommatus icarus
- Anax imperator
- Ochlodes sylvanus
- Maniola jurtina
- Chorthippus parallelus
- Aphantopus hyperantus
- Metrioptera roeselii
- Argynnis paphia
- Thymelicus sylvestris
- Argiope bruennichi
Birds
[edit]Flora
[edit]The site has the following flora:[1]
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon
- Melica uniflora
- Anemone nemorosa
- Conopodium majus
- Lathyrus pratensis
- Vicia sepium
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Audrey's Meadow". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "West Berkshire Access Improvement Project". The Good Exchange. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Me. "Newbury Berkshire: Public space named in honour". Newburyberkshire.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Minutes of the Meeting of the Greenham Parish Council Held in St Mary's Church Hall, Greenham on 14 September 2011 At 7.30 pm" (PDF). Greenham Parish Council. 15 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Wildlife trust set to run West Berkshire nature reserves". Get Reading. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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