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Sergeants Orchard

Coordinates: 51°56′35″N 0°46′30″E / 51.943°N 0.775°E / 51.943; 0.775
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Sergeants Orchard
The old orchard
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TypeNature reserve
LocationMount Bures, Essex
OS gridTL 907 308
Area3.2 hectares
Managed byEssex Wildlife Trust

Sergeants Orchard is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sergeants Orchard". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Sergeants Orchard". Mount Bures Community Web Site. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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