Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve Explained

Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TL 521 264
Location:Elsenham, Essex
Area:9.7 hectares
Manager:Essex Wildlife Trust

Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve is a 9.7hectare nature reserve west of Elsenham in Essex. It was donated to the Essex Wildlife Trust by Aubrey Buxton and his wife in 1976.[1]

The site was previously a park for Norman House. It is woodland on a sandy and gravel soil, with meadows and six man-made ponds. Grassland plants include cowslips, wild strawberries and common spotted orchids. There are birds such as nuthatches and woodpeckers, and many species of butterfly. Black poplars, which are the county's rarest native tree, have been planted to replace trees lost to storm damage.[1]

There is access from a track off Alsa Street.[1]

References

51.9154°N 0.2101°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve. Essex Wildlife Trust. 24 April 2016.