Peter's Meadow
This area of meadow was created during the civil engineering works carried out by Thames Water to replace the old sewer that ran from the Beehive Pumping Station to Panshanger. Two hundred ash trees were felled along the proposed line of the sewer before the work started on the reserve. These trees were self set seedlings from the adjacent woodland and where removed as part of the reserves project to create a substantial area of grassland habitat for Water Voles.
Following the completion of the work the area, 1.1 hectares was sown with a mix of grass seed, some of which was harvested from Howlands Meadow. Several willows where pollarded along the line of the brook and have now been in management for 6 years.
The area has now been restored to how it was 40 years ago before the woodland started to take over. Grazing was the preferred option of management for the meadow but following several incidents of fence cutting by dog walkers, hay is cut from the area in August. Flora surveys will be carried out in 2009 to see how it compares to the surveys of Howlands Meadow carried out in 1999.