Swallowfield Meadow Explained

Swallowfield Meadow
Type:	Local Nature Reserve
Grid Ref Uk:	SU 726 647
Location:	Swallowfield, Berkshire
Area:	0.7ha
Manager:	Swallowfield Parish Council

Swallowfield Meadow is a 0.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off Local Nature Reserve in Swallowfield, south of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Swallowfield Parish Council.^{[1] [2]}

Geography and site

The reserve features meadows, native hedgerows, a small copse, ditches, and seasonal ponds as well as the meadows themselves.^[1]

History

The area that is now the meadow was transferred to the Parish Council in the mid-1990s when houses were being built in the village.^[3] Before then the area had been a coal yard.^[3]

On 15 July 2003, the area was officially designated as a Local Nature Reserve.^[3]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:^[1]

Mammals

• European water vole

Flora

The site has the following flora:^[1]

Trees

• Betula pendula
• Acer campestre
• Corylus avellana

Plants

• Leucanthemum vulgare
• Knautia arvensis

References

51.3769°N -0.9572°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swallowfield Meadow . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 5 November 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Swallowfield Meadow. Local Nature Reserves . Natural England. 5 November 2019.
3. Web site: Orchard and Meadows | Swallowfield Parish Council in Berkshire . Swallowfieldpc.gov.uk . 2014-02-25 . 2017-04-26.