Cocksherd Wood

Cocksherd Wood is a 4.8-hectare (12-acre) 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]

Cocksherd Wood
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationSlough, Berkshire
OS gridSU 945 828
Area4.8 hectares (12 acres)
Managed byEvergreen 2000

Geography and site

The site is 11.98 acres (4.85 ha) 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
  1. "Cocksherd Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Map of Cocksherd Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "Britwell and Haymill - Postcards from Slough". Postcards-from-slough.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. "Cocksherd Wood and the Evergreen 2000 Trust" (PDF). T.M. Tauren Bent. June 2003. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. https://berksgeoconservation.org.uk/docs/LGS/21-Cocksherd.pdf
  6. "Cocksherd Bluebell Wood, Britwell. May 2007". Sloughhistoryonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

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