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Burgess Field Nature Park (also known as Burgess Field) is a nature reserve next to Port Meadow, Oxford, in
The site includes a memorial stone to John Thompson (1941–2015), the city of Oxford's landscape architect, who inspired the nature reserve and planted over 10,000 trees in Oxford.
Friends of Burgess Field website
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Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
, England, managed by Oxford City Council.
Overview
The site is between Port Meadow to the west and the railway line to the east, just north of theAristotle Lane
Aristotle Lane is a road in north Oxford, England.Aristotle Lane
In Christopher ...
entrance to Port Meadow and the Trap Ground Allotments. The reserve is on a reclaimed landfill site and is approximately in area. There are open grass areas, some woodland, and a path around the edge of the site, as well as some paths crossing the site. Wildlife includes birds such as cuckoo, In Christopher ...
short-eared owl
The short-eared owl (''Asio flammeus'') is a widespread grassland species in the family Strigidae. Owls belonging to genus ''Asio'' are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or ...
and jack snipe
The jack snipe or jacksnipe (''Lymnocryptes minimus'') is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus ''Lymnocryptes''. Features such as its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.
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.
The site was used for landfill until the 1980s and is thus higher than Port Meadow, which regularly floods. The area was landscaped, with trees and hedge planting in the 1990s. The name may derive from the burgesses who endowed Godstow Nunnery
Godstow is about northwest of the centre of Oxford. It lies on the banks of the River Thames between the villages of Wolvercote to the east and Wytham to the west. The ruins of Godstow Abbey, also known as Godstow Nunnery, are here. A bridge s ...
with land.
John Thompson
The site includes a memorial stone to John Thompson (1941–2015), the city of Oxford's landscape architect, who inspired the nature reserve and planted over 10,000 trees in Oxford.
Friends of Burgess Field
There is a Friends of Burgess Field organization, formed in 2018. Volunteers help to maintain the site.See also
*Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds
Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire.
These unimproved meadows in the floodplain of the River Thames are poorly drained and they have calcareou ...
* Trap Grounds
The Trap Grounds (aka Trap Grounds Town Green) is a nature reserve in north Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, owned by Oxford City Council.
Overview
The site is to the east of the railway line and the Burgess Field Nature Park, to the west of the ...
References
External links
Friends of Burgess Field website
Year of establishment missing Nature reserves in Oxfordshire Parks and open spaces in Oxford {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub