Upton Meadow nature reserve

Habitat type: Grassland with scrub Size of Reserve: 1ha (2.5 acres) OS Map No. 111 Grid reference: SS 206 042 Best time to visit: All year
Cornwall Wildlife Trust encourages the use of environmentally friendly forms of transport wherever possible. Click on the locator map above to go to the National Cycle Network website and view an Ordnance Survey map of this reserve highlighting nearby cycle routes.

Directions:

1 mile (1.75km) south of Bude, on the road to Widemouth, take the lane next to the Chough Hotel, then continue along the footpath to reach the reserve.

Access:

Roadside parking. There is a waymarked trail, but the reserve is on a slope and the path can be wet and muddy. Visitors are asked not to park outside the farmhouse.

Classification

Description:

The reserve is on the side of a steep valley above a small stream, alongside which a small woodland grows.

Characteristic wildlife of this reserve:

For such a small reserve, there is a wide range of species here, albeit mainly common plants and animals, such as rabbits and creeping buttercup.

Buzzard are most often seen soaring on thermals at great height while searching for prey, such as rabbit or other small mammals, reptiles or amphibians. These large, increasingly common, birds of prey have long, broad wings, with a short neck and broad head. Their tail is short and they are usually of brown plumage, but some are much paler. Pairs of buzzard hold territory and, in the breeding season, signal this with soaring flights and loud calls. The common buzzard is believed to mate for life, and they build their nests in secluded woodland areas where they may rear up to 4 young in a clutch.

Other information:

Upton Meadow is close to Phillips’s Point reserve.

The reserve was a gift from Mrs Wonnacott.

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