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A large part of the county is in The Fens, and drainage of this habitat, which was probably commenced in the Roman period and largely completed by the seventeenth century, considerably increased the area available for agriculture. [1] The administrative county was formed in 1974, incorporating most of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. [1]
National nature reserves in Wales are selected and designated by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (formerly the Countryside Council for Wales). There are 76 reserves all of which are also SSSIs , they cover 26,536 hectares (265.36 km 2 ), or less than 1.5% of the land area of Wales.
A lake at the RSPB West Sedgemoor nature reserve in Somerset. ... Cambridgeshire; Fore Wood, ... County Durham; Sandwell Valley, ...
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire (101 P) Pages in category "Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Site Name Authority Date Area () Allt-yr-yn: Newport 1995 19.98 Alyn Waters: Wrexham 1999 31.09 Ashpits Pond: Carmarthenshire 2006 11.96 Bishop's Wood
Woodwalton Fen is a 209-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Woodwalton, west of Ramsey in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. [1] [3] It is a Ramsar wetland site of international importance, [4] a National Nature Reserve, [5] a Special Area of Conservation [6] [7] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [8] The site is managed by Natural ...
Cambridgeshire. Barnack Hills & Holes [2] Bedford Purlieus [2] Castor Hanglands [2 ... National nature reserves in Wales; Nature reserves in Northern Ireland; References
Holme Fen is a 269.4-hectare (666-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holme in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] It is also a National Nature Reserve [3] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [4] It is part of the Great Fen project, which aims to create a 3,700-hectare wetland wildlife area including Holme Fen, Woodwalton Fen and other areas. [5]