Haymill Valley

Haymill Valley is a 7.8-hectare (19-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Slough in Berkshire. It is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[1][2][3] The site is known locally as The Millie.[4]

Haymill Valley
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationSlough, Berkshire
OS gridSU 942 817
Area7.8 hectares (19 acres)
Managed byBerkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

Geography and site

The site features ancient woodland with extensive reed beds and ponds fed by Two Mill Brook (also known as Two Mile Brook), which flows from Burnham Beeches into the Thames.[5] At the reserve's southernmost end is a site of an ancient watermill.[5]

The site features a pair of 7 foot metal sculptures of Kingfishers called the Millie Kingfishers, which were added in 2008.[6]

History

Haymill Valley Nature Reserve was declared a local nature reserve status in 1994 by Slough Borough Council.[1]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:[7][1][8]

Mammals

Invertebrates

Birds

Flora

The site has the following flora:[7][9]

Trees

Plants

References
  1. "Haymill Valley". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Map of Haymill Valley". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "Haymill Valley". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. "Haymill Valley". Woodlands trust. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. "Locations". Evergreen2000trust.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  6. "Outdoor Culture Projects". Outdoorculture.com. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  7. Opening Times. "Haymill Valley | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  8. "Nature reserve gets spruce up to encourage return of wildlife watchers (From Slough Observer)". Sloughobserver.co.uk. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  9. "Berkshire Biodiversity News -2010" (PDF). Berkshire nature Conservation Forum. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

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