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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox park Cocksherd Wood is a Шаблон:Convert Local Nature Reserve in Slough in Berkshire. It is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by Evergreen 2000. The reserve is known locally as Bluebell Wood.[1][2]

Geography and site

The site is Шаблон:Convert in size.[3] The site features ancient woodland with coppiced areas and some meadow and grassland areas.[4]

The site lies at the end of a Chalk dry valley, a tributary of the Haymill Valley and is mainly on the Lambeth Group.[5] in 1979 the woods and surrounding land was transferred over to Slough Borough Council.[4]

History

The woods have been there since at least the 1700s as they featured on Jefferys Map of Buckinghamshire which was dated 1766–68.[6] In the 1950s the woodland was bought by the London County Council as part of the Britwell development.[6]

In 1996 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Slough Borough Council.[1] In 2001 management of the reserve was given to Evergreen 2000 trust.[4]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[1][3][4]

Invertebrates

Birds

Flora

The site has the following flora:[4]

Trees

Plants

References

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Шаблон:Coord Шаблон:Local Nature Reserves in Berkshire