Swallowfield Meadow

Swallowfield Meadow is a 0.7 ha 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