Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve by Lucy Sugden Weaving Artist
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve
Created: 20 May 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve Details
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve is a nature reserve managed by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve LiDAR Map
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Local History around Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve
There are some historic monuments around including:
'The Hills' motte and baileysSlight univallate hillfort on Wilbury HillSt Thomas's ChapelPirton Grange moated enclosure and associated settling pond, PirtonBowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common FarmRoman villa (site of) 330yds (300m) N of NinespringsMinsden ChapelAnglo-Saxon settlement, and probable prehistoric ring ditches, west of Pirton villageBowl barrow in Tingley Field Plantation, near PegsdonTwo bowl barrows 500m south of Fearnhill SchoolMoated site north of Apsley EndMoated site and associated enclosure at Rectory FarmMoated site at Church PanelBarrow at Telegraph HillToot Hill motte and bailey castle and shrunken medieval village at PirtonApsley Bury moated site and fishpond, south of Apsley End.Wildlife in and around Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve
Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve Mammals
There are 5 species of mammals recorded as found near Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) |
| Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
| Domestic Cat (Felis catus) |
| Mole (Talpa europaea) |
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Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve Birds
There are 79 species of birds recorded as found near Oughtonhead Common Nature Reserve.
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
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