Shepperlands Farm
Shepperlands Farm | |
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Type | Nature reserve |
Location | Finchampstead, Berkshire |
OS grid | SU778642 |
Area | 10 hectares (25 acres) |
Managed by | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust |
Shepperlands Farm is a 10-hectare (25-acre) nature reserve north-west of Finchampstead in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[1]
Geography and site
Shepperlands Farm has a wildflower meadow, an area of woodland and a patch of heathland.[1]
Fauna
The site has the following fauna:[1][2][3][4]
Mammals
- Roe deer
- Red fox
- European badger
Reptiles and amphibians
- Vipera berus
- Grass snake
- Anguis fragilis
- Zootoca vivipara
Invertebrates
- Aricia agestis
- Polyommatus icarus
- Melanargia galathea
- Anthocharis cardamines
- Favonius quercus
- Leptophyes punctatissima
- Limenitis camilla
- Enallagma cyathigerum
- Vanessa atalanta
Birds
Flora
The site has the following flora:[1][2]
Trees
Plants
- Sorrel
- Erica tetralix
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- Cardamine pratensis
- Calluna vulgaris
- Potentilla erecta
- Vicia cracca
- Lotus corniculatus
- Ranunculus
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References
- ^ a b c d "Shepperlands Farm". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ a b naomim (22 June 2015). "30 days wild day 20- reptiles, damselflies and wildflowers – whatnaomididnext". Whatnaomididnext.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ Linda. "Shepperlands Farm – snakes alive! – Nature". Nerjarob.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Newsletter April 2015". Earley Environmental Group. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
51°22′24″N 0°52′56″W / 51.3733°N 0.8822°W / 51.3733; -0.8822
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