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| Seven
Fields Conservation Group is a local community, voluntary group committed
to the conservation of the Seven Fields Nature Reserve, North Swindon |
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| Seven
Fields is rich in wildlife and has some of the best wildflower meadows
in Wiltshire, with ancient hedgerows, stream and a magnificent Wild Service
Tree and Penhill Copse (ancient woodland). It received a Local
Nature Reserve Designation
in 1995 -- Read on to find out about its biodiversity |
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| Situated
in North Swindon, in a valley surrounded by the communities of Penhill,
Greenmeadow, Haydon Wick, Abbey Meads, Whitworth and close to Haydon View,
Pinehurst, Rodbourne Cheney and Upper Stratton and well used for walking,
cycling and the quiet enjoyment of nature |
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| The
Millennium Survey |
| To
celebrate the new millennium, the Seven Fields Group asked the County recorders
of wildlife in Wiltshire to conduct a survey of species |
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| Map
of Seven Fields |
| Seven
Fields Nature Reserve is part of a larger Low Key Country Park, which includes
playing fields, tennis courts, cricket covers, Bowling green and the small,
more formal Penhill Park with Swindon's largest collection of spring flowering
bulbs. |
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| Wild
Service Tree |
| Sorbus
torminalis -the Wild Service Tree - is a rare tree, the Seven Fields Wild
Service is the largest in Wiltshire. |
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| Seven
Fields - Field by Field |
| Each
Field a different story |
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| Penhill
Copse - |
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it ancient woodland? "An interesting species mix" and exactly to
whom does it belong? |
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| History |
| Seven
Fields has a fascinating history. |
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| Seven
Fields Conservation Group find
out more about the group and its aims and achievements. |
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| Poems |
| People
wax lyrical about Seven Fields |
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| Links |
| There's
lots more nature conservation activities going on in and around Swindon
and Wiltshire. |
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| E-mail
us, we would love to hear from you and what you think of this web site. |
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