Cocksherd Wood

Cocksherd Wood is a Local nature reserve in Britwell in Slough, Berkshire, England.[1] The reserve is known locally as Bluebell Wood.[2] The nature reserve is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by the Evergreen 2000 trust.[3]

Geography and site

The site is 11.98 acres (4.85 ha) in size.[4] The site features ancient woodland with coppiced areas and some meadow and grassland areas.[5]

The site lies at the end of a Chalk dry valley, a tributary of the Haymill Valley and is mainly on the Lambeth Group.[2] A major geological feature of the site is a large hollow (also known as a Swallet) said to have been gouged out of the terrain by a glacier in the last ice age about 15000 years ago.[2][6] in 1979 the woods and surrounding land was transferred over to Slough Borough Council.[5]

History

The woods have been there since at least the 1700s as they featured on Jefferys Map of Buckinghamshire which was dated 1766-68.[7] In the 1950s the woodland was bought by the London County Council as part of the Britwell development.[7]

In 1996 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Slough Borough Council.[3] In 2001 management of the reserve was given to Evergreen 2000 trust.[5]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[3][4][5]

Invertebrates

Birds

Flora

The site has the following flora:[5]

Trees

Plants

References

  1. ↑ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. 1 2 3 https://berksgeoconservation.org.uk/docs/LGS/21-Cocksherd.pdf
  3. 1 2 3 "Natural England - Special Sites". Lnr.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. 1 2 "Britwell and Haymill - Postcards from Slough". Postcards-from-slough.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cocksherd Wood and the Evergreen 2000 Trust" (PDF). T.M. Tauren Bent. June 2003. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Cocksherd Bluebell Wood". Day Out With The Kids. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  7. 1 2 "Cocksherd Bluebell Wood, Britwell. May 2007". Sloughhistoryonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

Coordinates: 51°32′12″N 0°38′18″W / 51.5366°N 0.6383°W / 51.5366; -0.6383

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