Audrey's Meadow Explained

Audrey's Meadow
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:SU 486 659
Location:Newbury, Berkshire
Area:2ha
Manager:Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

Audrey's Meadow is a 2abbr=offNaNabbr=off nature reserve in Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[1]

Geography and site

Audrey's Meadow contains a mixture of improved and semi-improved neutral grassland and wet woodland with ponds.[2]

History

In 2011 the meadow was adopted as a public open space and named after one of the parish councilors, Mrs Audrey Appleby.[3] [4] In 2014 it was transferred from West Berkshire Council to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[5]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[1]

Amphibians

Invertebrates

Birds

Flora

The site has the following flora:[1]

References

51.39°N -1.3026°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Audrey's Meadow . Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust . 24 February 2020.
  2. Web site: West Berkshire Access Improvement Project . The Good Exchange . 2017-04-16.
  3. Web site: Me . Newbury Berkshire: Public space named in honour . Newburyberkshire.blogspot.co.uk . 2017-04-16.
  4. Web site: Minutes of the Meeting of the Greenham Parish Council Held in St Mary's Church Hall, Greenham on 14 September 2011 At 7.30 pm . Greenham Parish Council . 2011-11-15 . 2017-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072139/http://www.greenham.gov.uk/minutes/minutes110914.pdf . 17 April 2017 . dead .
  5. Web site: Wildlife trust set to run West Berkshire nature reserves . Get Reading . 2017-04-16.

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