Moor Copse Nature Reserve
Moor Copse Nature Reserve,[1] in the civil parish of Tidmarsh[2] in the English county of Berkshire, is a recently expanded nature reserve by the River Pang, owned by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[3]
It consists of Hogmoor Copse, Park Wood and Moor Copse Wood. At the end of 2006, an adjoining area of meadows and copses was bought after a public appeal[4] that doubled the size of the Reserve. The area is widely believed to have been the inspiration for the riverbank in Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows.[5] Fringing the beautiful River Pang, Moor Copse nature reserve appeals to walkers and natural historians alike. This ancient woodland is a place of character, variety and great beauty, with its 140 acres (0.57 km2) comprising wet woodland copses, some flower rich meadows and a healthy chalk stream. It is an unspoilt habitat, rich in flora and fauna[6]
Some of the reserve is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) known as Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows.[7]
The reserve lies between Tidmarsh and the M4, on the east side of the A340.
Sources
- ^ Official web-site
- ^ Ordnance Survey Grid reference SU 641 738
- ^ Trust details
- ^ BBC news
- ^ My Dearest Mouse: Grahame,K 1988 London,Pavilion Books ISBN 1-85145-154-4
- ^ Photographs
- ^ "SITE NAME: SULHAM AND TIDMARSH WOODS AND MEADOWS" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-22.