The heathland habitat at this Forestry England plantation is quite rare in Oxfordshire, and SCGG has been working here since its earliest days to help preserve the heather.  Our main task has been to open up a glade halfway along the access road and to remove birch and bramble regrowth here and along the road margins.  With the cut material we maintain dead hedges around the glade to allow heathland butterflies and reptiles to flourish undisturbed.  Similar work in the adjoining SCGG site at Kingwood Common is greatly enlarging the wildlife corridor.

Meeting point

Off Stoke Row Road between Sonning Common and Stoke Road.  Parking is along the access road.
Grid Reference: SU 692824

Please Note: The access gate to the site is locked at the start of the work session after the site has been entered. Please arrive promptly.

Site Co-ordinator

Julia Booker