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Steeple Claydon, BUCKINGHAM, MK18 2GJ

This metal plaque set in stone is close to the entrance to Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve, see Image It reads 'Berkshire Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Naturalists Trust. Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve by ???? with London Brick Company Limited. Opened on March 20th 1978 by Sir Ralph Verney By KBE DL JP.' Sir Ralph Verney, who died in 2001, was a local land owner and owner of nearby Claydon House (now run by the National Trust), and whose ancestors include a Lord Mayor of London, and Members of Parliament. The now disused railway station and hamlet, Verney Junction, east of Steeple Claydon, was named after Sir Harry Verney, who was the chairman of the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Company.

This noticeboard is at the entrance to the Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve, see Image The reserve is managed by the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust and was opened in 1978.

This nature reserve which opened in 1978 was once an old extraction pit for clay used locally for brick manufacture. Over the last 50 years, the 200 hectare standing open water habitat has become a haven for large numbers of over-wintering wildfowl and waders. The reed beds provide ideal habitat for the scarcely seen bittern, and the nutrient poor clay-capped land around the lake provides the right conditions for wildflowers and good numbers of rare butterflies including the grizzled and dingy skippers, http://www.ocv.org.uk/sites.php?id=14 The reserve is managed by the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust, http://www.bbowt.org.uk/default.asp.

Mainly consisting of a lake in a former clay pit, this is the open area to the north of the lake.

This mainly consists of this lake in a former clay pit, but there are quite extensive areas to the north of the lake as well.