Shepperlands Farm is a nature reserve north-west of Finchampstead in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Geography and site

Shepperlands Farm has a wildflower meadow, an area of woodland and a patch of heathland.

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:

Mammals

Roe deer Red fox European badger

Reptiles and amphibians

Vipera berus Grass snake Anguis fragilis Zootoca vivipara

Invertebrates

Aricia agestis Polyommatus icarus Melanargia galathea Anthocharis cardamines Favonius quercus Leptophyes punctatissima Limenitis camilla Enallagma cyathigerum Vanessa atalanta

Birds

Eurasian blue tit Eurasian treecreeper Buteo buteo Caprimulgus europaeus

Flora

The site has the following flora:

Trees

Quercus robur Birch

Plants

Sorrel Erica tetralix Lychnis flos-cuculi Cardamine pratensis Calluna vulgaris Potentilla erecta Vicia cracca Lotus corniculatus Ranunculus

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