Sylvia's Meadow

Sylvia's Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Sylvia's Meadow in summer
Shown within Cornwall (mainland)
Area of Search	Cornwall
Grid reference	SX435591
Coordinates	50°30′55″N 4°14′26″W / 50.5153°N 4.2406°W / 50.5153; -4.2406Coordinates: 50°30′55″N 4°14′26″W / 50.5153°N 4.2406°W / 50.5153; -4.2406
Interest	Biological
Area	4.46 hectares (0.0446 km²; 0.0172 sq mi)
Notification	1992 (1992)
Natural England website

Sylvia's Meadow, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is a nature reserve owned and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust.^[1] It is a herb rich, 5-hectare (12-acre) site situated near Gunnislake, in East Cornwall, England.

History

During World War II a US military camp was situated in Sylia's Meadow which housed only white American armed forces personnel. Black American airmen were billeted in an adjacent field.^[2] Since then the land has been left unploughed and unimproved. In this respect Sylvia's Meadow is virtually unique to Cornwall.^[3]

The meadow was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1992.^[3]

The reserve is named after a previous owner's daughter.

Flora and fauna

Sylvia's Meadow is an example of unimproved herb-rich pasture land containing some rare plant species.^[3] It is famed for the orchids that grow there, which include the Lesser Butterfly Orchid and Heath Spotted Orchid.^[1] Other species found here include: Autumn Ladies'-tresses, Sneezewort, Yellow Rattle and Bird's Foot Trefoil.

Butterflies that may be seen include The Wall, Orange Tip, Dingy Skipper and the Common Blue. Reptile sightings include the Common Lizard and the Slow Worm.

References

1 2 "Sylvia's Meadow". BBC. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
↑ Chapman, David (2007). Wild about Cornwall. Alison Hodge. ISBN 0-906720-51-6.
1 2 3 "Sylvia's Meadow" (PDF). Natural England. 1992. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

External links

Cornwall Wildlife Trust: Sylvia's Meadow
BBC Cornwall feature on the reserve
Breathing Places (includes location map of the reserve)

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Summary	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

Cornwall	Aire Point to Carrick Du Amble Marshes Baulk Head to Mullion Bedruthan Steps and Park Head Boconnoc Park and Woods Bodmin Moor, North Borlasevath and Retallack Moor Boscastle to Widemouth Brendonmoor Breney Common Bude Coast Cabilla Manor Wood Caerthillian to Kennack Carnkief Pond Carrick Heaths Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach Carrine Common & Penwethers Chyenhal Moor Cligga Head Coombe Mill Coverack to Porthoustock Crow's Nest Crowhill Valley Dozmary Pool Draynes Wood East Lizard Heathlands Eglarooze Cliff Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove Godrevy Head to St Agnes Goonhilly Downs Goss and Tregoss Moors Greenamoor Greenscoombe Wood, Luckett Grimscott Gwithian to Mexico Towans Hayle Estuary & Carrack Gladden Kelsey Head Kennack to Coverack Kernick and Ottery Meadows Loe Pool Loggans Moor Lower Bostraze and Leswidden Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal Lymsworthy Meadows Lynher Estuary Malpas Estuary Marazion Marsh Meddon Moor Meneage Coastal Section Merthen Wood Minster Church Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff Nance Wood Newlyn Downs Ottery Valley Park Wood Penhale Dunes Pentire Peninsula Phoenix United Mine Plymouth Sound Shores And Cliffs Polruan to Polperro Polyne Quarry Porthgwarra to Pordenack Point Rame Head & Whitsand Bay Red Moor Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor Retire Common River Camel Valley and Tributaries Rock Dunes Rosemullion Rosenannon Bog and Downs St Austell Clay Pits St John's Lake St Nectan's Glen Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth Swanpool Sylvia's Meadow Talland Barton Tamar–Tavy Estuary Tintagel Cliffs Treen Cliff Tregonetha & Belowda Downs Tregonning Hill Trehane Barton Trelow Downs Trevose Head and Constantine Bay Upper Fal Estuary and Woods Upper Fowey Valley Ventongimps Moor West Cornwall Bryophytes West Lizard

Isles of Scilly	Annet Big Pool and Browarth Point Castle Down (Tresco) Chapel Down Eastern Isles Great Pool Gugh Higher Moors and Porth Hellick Pool Lower Moors Norrard Rocks Peninnis Head Pentle Bay, Merrick And Round Islands Plains and Great Bay Pool Of Bryher & Popplestone Bank Rushy Bay and Heathy Hill Samson Shipman Head & Shipman Down St Helen's St Martin's Sedimentary Shore Teän Western Rocks White Island Wingletang Down

Neighbouring areas Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

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