Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow

Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow (grid reference SO917375) is a 104.0-hectare (257-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the border between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire & Worcestershire, at Twyning and near Bredon, notified in 1991.

The site supports grasses and herbs which are typical of wet neutral meadows.

Species include narrow-leaved water-dropwort (Oenanthe silaifolia), which is one of the largest populations in Great Britain.

[1] The site supports nationally significant numbers of breeding and over-wintering birds.

[1] Over-wintering sees the site used for feeding and roosting by large numbers of lapwing, dunlin, and golden plover.