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Hartslock
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hartslock Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1315760.jpg
Area of Search Oxfordshire
Interest Biological
Area 41.8 hectares (103 acres)
Notification 1986
Location map Magic Map

Hartslock is a 41.8-hectare (103-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. An area of 29.4 hectares (73 acres) is a Special Area of Conservation and an area of 10 hectares (25 acres) is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust,

This site on the east bank of the River Thames has diverse semi-natural habitats, including species-rich chalk downland, ancient yew woodland, semi-natural broadleaved woodland, riverside fen and scrub. Hartslock Wood is one of the sites listed in 1915 by Charles Rothschild, the founder of the Wildlife Trusts, as "worthy of preservation". The wood has a variety of tree species including beech and yew, and there is a large colony of badgers.


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  • Hartslock Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1315760

    Hatslock nature reserve grassland with orchids

  • Monkey Orchid (Orchis simia) - geograph.org.uk - 1314523

    Monkey Orchid at Hartslock

  • Lady Orchid (Orchis purpurea) - geograph.org.uk - 1314537

    Lady Orchid at Hartslock

  • Lady Orchid-Monkey Orchid hybrid (Orchis purpurea x simia) - geograph.org.uk - 1314588

    Hybrid Orchid at Hartslock

  • The Thames Path, Hartslock Wood - geograph.org.uk - 427328

    The Thames Path in Hartslock Woods

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