Ashford Hill NNR

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Ashford Hill is a British national nature reserve next to the village of Ashford Hill in Hampshire.[1] Part of the reserve is a designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[2] The site is one of Natural Englands nature reserves [3]

Geography[]

The reserve is 23 hectares (57 acres), of which 20.36 hectares (50.3 acres) is SSSI.[2][4] The area of the national nature reserve which is a SSSI is part of the much bigger SSSI of Ashford Hill Woods and Meadows which is 142.1 hectares (351 acres) in size.[2]

The reserve is a series of low-lying meadows in the valley of a small stream and also features woodland areas.[5] The meadows area mix of London Clay and Bagshot beds.[2]

The stream is called Baughurst Brook and eventually drains into the River Enborne.[3]

History[]

The wooded areas are believed to be part of the medieval royal forest of Pamber.[6]

Fauna[]

The nature reserve has the following fauna:[1][5][7][8]

Birds[]

  • Common kingfisher
  • Common buzzard
  • European goldfinch
  • Eurasian treecreeper
  • Common reed bunting
  • Red kite
  • Common chiffchaff
  • European green woodpecker
  • Eurasian bullfinch
  • Water rail
  • European turtle dove
  • Garden warbler
  • Dunnock
  • European greenfinch
  • Common chaffinch
  • Common blackbird
  • Common wood pigeon
  • Eurasian blue tit
  • Great spotted woodpecker
  • House sparrow
  • Western jackdaw
  • Common house martin
  • Goldcrest
  • Common kestrel
  • Eurasian blackcap
  • Eurasian wren
  • Eurasian siskin
  • Western yellow wagtail
  • Tree pipit
  • Eurasian woodcock
  • Great tit
  • Eurasian jay
  • European robin
  • Song thrush
  • Common moorhen
  • Mandarin duck
  • Snipe
  • Eurasian nuthatch
  • Common whitethroat
  • Eurasian magpie
  • Common raven

Invertebrates[]

Flora[]

The nature reserve has the following flora:[1][5][7]

Trees[]

Plants[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Hampshire's National Nature Reserves". GOV.UK.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ashford Hill Woods and Meadows SSSI" (PDF). Natural England.
  3. ^ a b "Tadley to Kingsclere". brendaparkerway.northhampshiredownsramblers.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Enborne Valley & Greenham Common". 29 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Ashford Hill National Nature Reserve - Ashford hill - Days Out - The AA". www.theaa.com.
  6. ^ "Ashford Hill with Headley - Village design statement" (PDF). Basingstoke Council.
  7. ^ a b "Ashford Hill National Nature Reserve – 30 May 2015 – Reading & District Natural History Society".
  8. ^ "Ashford Hill Meadows Nature Reserve" (PDF). Walk and cycle.

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Coordinates: 51°21′14″N 1°11′38″W / 51.354°N 1.194°W / 51.354; -1.194

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