Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve

Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve on the edge of the hamlet of Padworth Common in Berkshire, England.[1] The nature reserve is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[2]

Geography and site

Padworth Common April 2017

The site covers 28 hectares (69 acres).[3] The reserve is served by a network of paths that run through a variety of habitats, including heathland, woodland, ponds and wet alder-lined gullies.[4] The woodland is based in the north of the site, with heathland in the south.[5]

History

Padworth Common was given its nature reserve status in 2005 by Newbury District Council.[2]

In 2013 the management of the nature reserve was transferred from West Berkshire Council to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[6]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[5][2][7]

Reptiles and amphibians

Invertebrates

Birds

References

  1. ↑ Magic Map Application
  2. 1 2 3 Natural England - Special Sites
  3. ↑ Padworth Common
  4. ↑ Padworth Common - Nature Reserve in Thatcham, West Berkshire - South East England
  5. 1 2 Padworth Common | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
  6. ↑ Wildlife trust set to run West Berkshire nature reserves - Get Reading
  7. ↑ Padworth and Burghfield Commons

Coordinates: 51°22′39″N 1°06′40″W / 51.3776°N 1.1111°W / 51.3776; -1.1111

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