Sergeants Orchard

Sergeants Orchard
The old orchard
Type	Nature reserve
Location	Mount Bures, Essex
OS grid	TL 907 308
Area	3.2 hectares
Managed by	Essex Wildlife Trust

Sergeants Orchard is a 3.2 hectare nature reserve in Mount Bures and north of Chappel in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.^[1]

The site was left to the Trust by the owner of Sergeants Farm in 1995. It consists of an old orchard in a long narrow field, another narrow field to the west and a larger one to the east. The western field has been planted with fruit trees and the eastern one with a conservation grass mix. A rare bee, Bombus muscorum, has been found on the site.^[1]^[2]

There is access from a footpath between Fordham Road and Balls Chace^[1]

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References

1 2 3 "Sergeants Orchard". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ "Sergeants Orchard". Mount Bures Community Web Site. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

Essex Wildlife Trust

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Coordinates: 51°56′35″N 0°46′30″E / 51.943°N 0.775°E / 51.943; 0.775

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