Prestwood Local Nature Reserve Explained

Prestwood Local Nature Reserve or Prestwood (Picnic Site) is a Local Nature Reserve in Prestwood in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site is owned by Wycombe District Council and leased to the Chiltern Society.[1] [2]

The site was a dump for motor vehicles until 1976, when it was acquired by Wycombe Council. The Chiltern Society took over the management in 2013.[3] It is steeply sloping chalk grassland with a diverse range of species, including birds such bullfinches, blackcaps and garden warblers, are butterflies such as dingy, grizzled skippers and green hairstreaks.[1]

There is a car park for the site and picnic tables off Hampden Road near Perks Lane.[4]

References

51.684°N -0.7488°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prestwood (Picnic Site) . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 8 June 2015 . 19 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Map of Prestwood (Picnic Site). Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 19 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Prestwood Local Nature Reserve . Chiltern Society. 19 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Visiting Prestwood LNR. Chiltern Society. 19 February 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308140143/http://www.chilternsociety.org.uk/prestwood/visit.php. 8 March 2016.

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