Chawridge Bourne facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Berkshire |
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| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 9.4 hectares (23 acres) |
| Notification | 1983 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Chawridge Bourne is a 9.4-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire. Part of the site is a 5-hectare (12-acre) nature reserve called Chawridge Bank, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Ecology
This linear site is named after the stream called Chawridge Bourne, which runs through it. Half of it is unimproved grassland, which is managed by sheep grazing. There are also areas of scrub and broadleaved woodland. On the east side there is an ancient parish boundary hedge which has diverse tree flora.
Fauna
The site has the following animals
Mammals
- Micromys minutus
Birds
- Alauda
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Eurasian blackcap
- Lesser whitethroat
Invertebrates
- Polyommatus icarus
- Erynnis tages
- Pyrgus malvae
Flora
The site has the following flora:
Trees
- Crataegus monogyna
- Prunus spinosa
- Fraxinus
- Maple
- Quercus robur
- Malus sylvestris
- Sorbus torminalis
Plants
- Arrhenatherum elatius
- Holcus lanatus
- Dactylis glomerata
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- Festuca rubra
- Achillea ptarmica
- Genista tinctoria
- Hordeum secalinum
- Ophioglossum vulgatum
- Primula veris
- Silaum silaus
- Senecio erucifolius
- Carex pallescens
- Potentilla anglica
- Succisa pratensis
- Ranunculus auricomus
- Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Polystichum setiferum
- Centaurea nigra
- Leontodon taraxacoides
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