Haymill Valley facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Haymill Valley |
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| Type | Local Nature Reserve |
| Location | Slough, Berkshire |
| OS grid | SU 942 817 |
| Area | 7.8 hectares (19 acres) |
| Managed by | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust |
Haymill Valley is a 7.8-hectare (19-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Slough in Berkshire. It is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The site is known locally as The Millie.
Geography and site
The site features ancient woodland with extensive reed beds and ponds fed by Two Mill Brook (also known as Two Mile Brook), which flows from Burnham Beeches into the Thames. At the reserve's southernmost end is a site of an ancient watermill.
The site features a pair of 7 foot metal sculptures of Kingfishers called the Millie Kingfishers, which were added in 2008.
History
Haymill Valley Nature Reserve was declared a local nature reserve status in 1994 by Slough Borough Council.
Fauna
The site has the following fauna:
Mammals
Invertebrates
- Gonepteryx rhamni
- Celastrina argiolus
- Anthocharis cardamines
- Pararge aegeria
- White-letter hairstreak
Birds
- Eurasian blue tit
- Great tit
- European green woodpecker
- Sylvia atricapilla
- Phylloscopus collybita
- Fulica atra
- Dendrocopos major
- Alcedo atthis
- Gallinula chloropus
- Emberiza schoeniclus
- Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Phylloscopus trochilus
Flora
The site has the following flora:
Trees
Plants
- Caltha palustris
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Iris pseudacorus
