Old Copse, Beenham
Scientific research site in Berkshire
51°24′43″N 1°09′22″W / 51.412°N 1.156°W / 51.412; -1.156
Old Copse, Beenham is an 8-hectare (20-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Beenham in Berkshire.[1][2] The site is private land with no public access.
Geography
The coppice woodland is on London Clay situated on the north side of the Kennet valley. The site is on gently sloping ground, with damp to poorly-drained wet clay soils. A few small streams with associated wet flushes arise in the wood.[3]
History
The copse is classed as ancient woodland having been there for at least from 1600 and still retains tree and shrub cover which has not obviously been planted.[4]
In 1984 the site was registered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3]
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[3][5]
Trees
- Oak
- Hazel
- Ash
- Ulmus glabra
- Alder
- Prunus avium
- Maple
- Birch
- Salix caprea
- Ilex aquifolium
- Viburnum opulus
- Sambucus nigra
- Cornus sanguinea
Plants
- Narcissus pseudonarcissus
- Carex strigosa
- Hylotelephium telephium
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Anemone nemorosa
- Mercurialis perennis
- Primula vulgaris
- Equisetum telmateia
- Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Ranunculus flammula
References
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- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Old Copse, Beenham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Map of Old Copse, Beenham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Old Copse, Beenham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Beenham online Beenham Village Design Statement". Beenhamonline.org. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "BEENHAM Footpaths, Bridleways and Byways" (PDF). West Berks Council. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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- Avery's Pightle
- Bisham Woods
- Blackwater Valley
- Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods
- Boxford Water Meadows
- Bray Meadows
- Bray Pennyroyal Field
- Briff Lane Meadows
- Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths
- Catmore and Winterly Copses
- Chawridge Bourne
- Cleeve Hill
- Cock Marsh
- Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging
- Coombe Wood, Frilsham
- Croker's Hole
- Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods
- Easton Farm Meadow
- Enborne Copse
- Englemere Pond
- Freeman's Marsh
- Great Thrift Wood
- Greenham and Crookham Commons
- Heath Lake
- Hog's Hole
- Holies Down
- Inkpen and Walbury Hills
- Inkpen Common
- Inkpen Crocus Field
- Irish Hill Copse
- Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
- Kennet Valley Alderwoods
- King's Copse
- Lardon Chase
- Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
- Longmoor Bog
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- Park Farm Down
- Redhill Wood
- River Kennet
- River Lambourn
- Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths
- Seven Barrows
- Snelsmore Common
- Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
- Streatley Warren
- Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows
- Swinley Park and Brick Pits
- Thatcham Reed Beds
- Wasing Wood Ponds
- Wellington College Bog
- West Woodhay Down
- West's Meadow, Aldermaston
- Westfield Farm Chalk Bank
- White Shute
- Windsor Forest and Great Park
- Woolhampton Reed Bed
- Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits
- Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
- Wykery Copse