Somersham Local Nature Reserve
Local Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire, England
Somersham Local Nature Reserve | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Somersham, Cambridgeshire |
OS grid | TL 366 781 |
Area | 8.9 hectares |
Managed by | Cambridgeshire County Council and Somersham Parish Council |
Somersham Local Nature Reserve is an 8.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Somersham in Cambridgeshire. It is owned and managed by Cambridgeshire County Council and Somersham Parish Council.[1][2]
Habitats in this reserve are a lake, wetland, grassland and woodland. Invertebrates include grass snakes and common lizards, there are birds such as great crested grebes, and flora such as red bartsia and purple loosestrife.[1]
There is access from Station Approach, named after the former Somersham railway station. The nature reserve includes a section of disused railway land, part of the March branch of the former Great Eastern Railway.
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References
- ^ a b "Somersham". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Map of Somersham (LNR)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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- Barnwell East
- Barnwell West
- Beechwoods
- Bramblefields
- Byron's Pool
- Coldham's Common
- Limekiln Close and East Pit
- Logan's Meadow
- Nine Wells
- Paradise
- Sheep's Green and Coe Fen
- West Pit
- Little Paxton Pits
- Somersham