Cocksherd Wood

Cocksherd Wood
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationSlough, Berkshire
OS gridSU 945 828
Area4.8 hectares (12 acres)
Managed byEvergreen 2000

Cocksherd Wood is a 4.8-hectare (12-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Slough in Berkshire. It is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by Evergreen 2000. The reserve is known locally as Bluebell Wood.[1][2]

Geography and site

The site is 11.98 acres (4.85 ha) in size.[3] The site features ancient woodland with coppiced areas and some meadow and grassland areas.[4]

The site lies at the end of a Chalk dry valley, a tributary of the Haymill Valley and is mainly on the Lambeth Group.[5] in 1979 the woods and surrounding land was transferred over to Slough Borough Council.[4]

History

The woods have been there since at least the 1700s as they featured on Jefferys Map of Buckinghamshire which was dated 1766–68.[6] In the 1950s the woodland was bought by the London County Council as part of the Britwell development.[6]

In 1996 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Slough Borough Council.[1] In 2001 management of the reserve was given to Evergreen 2000 trust.[4]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[1][3][4]

Invertebrates

Birds

Flora

The site has the following flora:[4]

Trees

Plants

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cocksherd Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Cocksherd Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Britwell and Haymill – Postcards from Slough". Postcards-from-slough.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Cocksherd Wood and the Evergreen 2000 Trust" (PDF). T.M. Tauren Bent. June 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Cocksherd Wood" (PDF). Berkshire Geoconservation Group. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Cocksherd Bluebell Wood, Britwell. May 2007". Sloughhistoryonline.org.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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