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The springs in this beech wood feed Hobson's Conduit, which formerly supplied clean drinking water to Cambridge. It was previously an SSSI for its rare invertebrates, but these were lost during the drought of 1976 and it forfeited its SSSI status. 108 species of flora have been recorded. [38] Paradise: 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) Cambridge
A list of national nature reserves in Cambridge: [1] Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, 22 hectares (54 acres) near Stamford; Bedford Purlieus NNR, 208 hectares (510 acres) near Kings Cliffe; Castor Hanglands NNR, 90 hectares (220 acres) near Peterborough; Chippenham Fen NNR, 117 hectares (290 acres) near Newmarket; Holme Fen NNR, 266 hectares (660 ...
Paradise is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Newnham, a suburb of Cambridge. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council. [1] [2] This site on the west bank of the River Cam has marshland and wet woodland with mature willows. Flora include butterbur, and the reserve has the uncommon musk beetle, which lays its eggs in the willows. [1]
Logan's Meadow is a 1.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned by Cambridge City Council and managed by the council together with City Greenways Project. [1] [2] This site of the bank of the River Cam has pasture with tortoiseshell and comma butterflies, and flowers such as cow parsley and cuckoo flowers.
The site has been designated a Local Nature Reserve by Cambridge City Council, which shows it as one LNR [1] and West Pit as a separate LNR. [5] However, the LNRs are confusingly shown on the Natural England website. One is shown as Limekiln Close and West Pit on the details page, [6] but the map only covers Limekiln Close. [7]
Nine Wells is a 1.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve east of Trumpington, on the southern outskirts of Cambridge.It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council. [1] [2]The site is a small area of woodland surrounded by agricultural land.
Cambourne Nature Reserve is a 90 hectare nature reserve in Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. [1] This site has woodland, lakes, ponds, grassland and an orchard. The lakes and ponds have water voles and great crested newts, and birds include skylarks and corn ...
Barnwell East is a 2.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council. [1] [2] The site has woodland, a pond, scrub and grassland. Flora include blackthorns, hawthorns and bee orchids, there are birds such as blackcaps and willow warblers, and common blue and meadow brown butterflies. [1]