Crow Wood & Meadow Nature Reserve (c) HWT
Crow Wood & Meadow
Location
OS Map Reference
SO 342 357View on What3Words
Know before you go
Dogs
Please keep dogs on short leads during bird nesting season (1st March to 31st July) and when livestock are on site. At all other times please keep dogs under close, effective control.
When to visit
Opening times
Dawn to duskBest time to visit
Spring & SummerAbout the reserve
This reserve consists of ancient grassland with some wood pasture and coppice. Both meadows have flourishing populations of yellow rattle, wild daffodil and cowslip, as well as a variety of other species. In summer, there is an abundance of bees, hoverflies, grasshoppers, flower beetles, day-flying moths and butterflies.
Species
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Directions
From B4348 at Vowchurch turn onto minor road running west towards Michaelchurch Escley. The site is 1.2 miles from this junction. The entrance to the reserve is not visible from the road. Cross the road once parked in the layby at Slough Bridge, through a wooden field gate into a field planted with vines, you will see the reserve sign on a gate to your left at the bottom of the slope.
Crow Wood and Meadow site map
Crow Wood - orchids in woodland glade
Crow Wood meadow
Davies Meadow Nature Reserve (Paul Lloyd)
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