Haymill Valley

Haymill Valley is a local nature reserve in Berkshire, England, between the village of Burnham in Buckinghamshire, Britwell in Slough and Slough Trading Estate.[1] The site is known locally as The Millie.[2] The nature reserve is owned by Slough Borough Council with a small part owned by the Environment Agency, it is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[3]

Geography and site

The site is 8.0 hectares (20 acres) in size.[4] The site features ancient woodland with extensive reed beds and ponds fed by Two-Mill Brook (also known as Two_Mile Brook), which flows from Burnham Beeches into the Thames.[3] At the reserves southernmost end is a site of an ancient watermill.[3]

The site features a pair of 7 foot metal sculptures of Kingfishers called the Millie Kingfishers, which were added in 2008.[5]

History

Haymill Valley Nature Reserve was declared a local nature reserve status in 1994 by Slough Borough Council.[6]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[4][6][7]

Mammals

Invertebrates

Birds

Flora

The site has the following flora:[4][8]

Trees

Plants

References

  1. ↑ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Haymill Valley". Woodlands trust. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Locations". Evergreen2000trust.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  4. 1 2 3 Opening Times. "Haymill Valley | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  5. ↑ "Outdoor Culture Projects". Outdoorculture.com. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  6. 1 2 "Natural England - Special Sites". Lnr.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Nature reserve gets spruce up to encourage return of wildlife watchers (From Slough Observer)". Sloughobserver.co.uk. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  8. ↑ "Berkshire Biodiversity News -2010" (PDF). Berkshire nature Conservation Forum. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

Coordinates: 51°31′37″N 0°38′33″W / 51.5269°N 0.6424°W / 51.5269; -0.6424

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