Bray Pit Explained

Bray Pit is a nature reserve on the edge of the village of Holyport in Berkshire, England.^[1] The nature reserve was under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust,^[2] but as of December 2019 is no longer listed on the Trust web site.

Geography and site

The site is 2ha in size.^[1] Bray Pit consists of a small flooded gravel pit surrounded by a strip of woodland, a mature hedge and a wide grassy bank.^[1]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:^[1]

Invertebrates

• Anthocharis cardamines
• Bombus pascuorum
• Megachile centuncularis
• Osmia rufa
• Bombus lapidarius
• Bombus lucorum

Birds

• Sterna hirundo
• Fulica atra
• Podiceps cristatus
• Dendrocopus major
• Ardea cinerea
• Delichon urbica
• Alcedo atthis
• Gallinula chloropus
• Hirundo rustica
• Apus apus

Flora

The site has the following flora:^[1]

• Centaurea nigra
• Leucanthemum vulgare
• Daucus carota
• Rhinanthus minor

References

51.5002°N -0.6979°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Opening Times . Bray Pit | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust . Bbowt.org.uk . 2017-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170622232714/http://www.bbowt.org.uk/reserves/Bray-Pit . 22 June 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: 2016 Programme « WMCV . Wmcv.org . 2016-01-03 . 2017-04-17.