Easton Farm Meadow Explained

Easton Farm Meadow
Aos:	Berkshire
Interest:	Biological
Coordinates:	51.446°N -1.4°W
Area:	1.6ha
Notifydate:	1985
Map:	Magic Map

Easton Farm Meadow is a 1.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Easton, west of Boxford in Berkshire.^{[1] [2]} It is in the North Wessex Downs.^[3]

The site is lowland neutral grassland^[4] In the past the meadows around Easton Farm were managed traditionally as 'floated' water meadows.^[5]

Fauna

The site has the following animals^[5]

Birds

• Snipe

Invertebrates

• Silis ruficollis
• Zicrona caerulea
• Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
• Nemotelus pantherinus

Flora

The site has the following Flora:^[5]

• Caltha palustris
• Eleocharis palustris
• Filipendula ulmaria
• Angelica sylvestris
• Cirsium palustre
• Galium uliginosum
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Holcus lanatus
• Valeriana dioica
• Carex panicea
• Carex nigra
• Iris pseudacorus
• Rumex hydrolapathum
• Carex acutiformis
• Carex paniculata
• Dactylorhiza praetermissa
• Dactylorhiza incarnata
• Blysmus compressus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Easton Farm Meadow . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 13 January 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Easton Farm Meadow. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 13 January 2020.
3. Web site: Home | North Wessex Downs AONB . Northwessexdowns.org.uk . 2017-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170309063119/http://www.northwessexdowns.org.uk/news/97/15/Boxford-History-Project-News.html . 2017-03-09 . dead .
4. Web site: Easton Farm Meadow SSSI - GRASSLAND (001) . Natural england . 2017-03-08.
5. Web site: SITE NAME: EASTON FARM MEADOW . PDF . 2017-03-08.