25/06/13……..Appeal to save wildlife haven

THE Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust has launched an appeal to buy Meadow Farm, a precious remnant of an ancient landscape, brimming with colourful wild flowers and unusual wildlife.

Giles Strother, reserves manager at the Wildlife Trust, said: ?At a time when much of the countryside is under threat from development and intensive farming, there are fewer places where wildlife can survive. It is absolutely vital that we buy and save Meadow Farm. There are only 1,500 hectares of wildflower meadows like this on floodplains across the whole of the UK.

?Not only will we be able to conserve these irreplaceable wildlife habitats, but we will be able to share Meadow Farm with local communities and schoolchildren who may have never seen landscape like this.?

The Wildlife Trust is hoping to raise