Swallowfield Meadow is a Local Nature Reserve in Swallowfield, south of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Swallowfield Parish Council.
Geography and site
The reserve features meadows, native hedgerows, a small copse, ditches, and seasonal ponds as well as the meadows themselves.
History
The area that is now the meadow was transferred to the Parish Council in the mid-1990s when houses were being built in the village. Before then the area had been a coal yard.
On 15 July 2003, the area was officially designated as a Local Nature Reserve.
Fauna
The site has the following fauna:
Mammals
European water vole
Flora
The site has the following flora:
Trees
Betula pendula Acer campestre Corylus avellana
Plants
Leucanthemum vulgare Knautia arvensis
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