Warburg Nature Reserve

Warburg Nature Reserve
Warburg Nature Reserve  Warburg Nature Reserve shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU720879
Civil parish	Bix and Assendon
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Henley-on-Thames
Postcode district	RG9
Dialling code	01491
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places UK England Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°35′06″N 0°57′40″W / 51.585°N 0.961°W / 51.585; -0.961

Warburg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve and site of special scientific interest in Oxfordshire, England that is owned and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. It is located in the Chiltern Hills area of outstanding natural beauty in the Bix valley, 4 miles northwest of Henley-on-Thames. The name commemorates Oxford botanist Dr. E. F. Warburg, a founder member of the Trust.

The reserve is composed mainly of chalk grassland and ancient woodland and it includes a visitors centre, a picnic area and two bird hides. Species include birds and butterflies and over 2,000 species of plants, fungi and animals have been recorded there.^[1]

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