Chawridge Bourne is a 9.4-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England[1][2] Part of the site is a 5-hectare (12-acre) nature reserve called Chawridge Bank, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[3]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Berkshire | |
| Location | Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 894 736[1] |
| Coordinates | 51°27′18″N 00°42′54″W / 51.45500°N 0.71500°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 9.4 hectares (23 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1983[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Etymology edit
The name Chawridge is first attested in a charter of 942, which includes the Old English phrase "on ceawan hrycges hagan" ("to the enclosure of Ceawa's ridge"),[4] where Ceawa is a personal name attested only here and in the place-names East and West Challow.[5]: 4 [6] As well as appearing in Chawridge Bourne, the name also appears in the neighbouring sites of Chawridge Manor Farm, Charriage Lane, Chawridge Mead, and Chawridge Gorse.[4]
Ecology edit
This linear site is named after the stream called Chawridge Bourne, which runs through it. Half of it is unimproved grassland, which is managed by sheep grazing. There are also areas of scrub and broadleaved woodland. On the east side there is an ancient parish boundary hedge which has diverse tree flora.[7]
Fauna edit
The site has the following animals[7][8]
Mammals edit
Birds edit
Invertebrates edit
Flora edit
The site has the following flora:[7][9]
Trees edit
Plants edit
- Arrhenatherum elatius
- Holcus lanatus
- Dactylis glomerata
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- Festuca rubra
- Achillea ptarmica
- Genista tinctoria
- Hordeum secalinum
- Ophioglossum vulgatum
- Primula veris
- Silaum silaus
- Senecio erucifolius
- Carex pallescens
- Potentilla anglica
- Succisa pratensis
- Ranunculus auricomus
- Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Polystichum setiferum
- Centaurea nigra
- Leontodon taraxacoides
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Chawridge Bourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Map of Chawridge Bourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Chawridge Bank". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b Margaret Gelling, The Place-Names of Berkshire, English Place-Name Society, 49–51, 3 vols (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973–76), I 37.
- ^ Richard Coates, 'On Some Controversy Surrounding Gewissae / Gewissei, Cerdic and Ceawlin', Nomina, 13 (1989–90), 1–11.
- ^ John Insley, 'Britons and Anglo-Saxons', in Kulturelle Integration und Personennamen im Mittelalter, ed. by Wolfgang Haubrichs, Christa Jochum-Godglück (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2019), §4.
- ^ a b c "Chawridge Bourne citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Opening Times. "Chawridge Bank | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Chawridge Bourne SSSI". Natural england. Retrieved 15 March 2017.