Stanground Wash
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Type | Nature reserve |
Location | Stanground, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
OS grid | TL 208 975 |
Area | 26 hectares |
Managed by | Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |
Stanground Wash is a 26 hectare nature reserve in Stanground, a suburb of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]
The site is sandwiched between the railway, Ely-Peterborough line and Back River, a tributary of the River Nene. It is grassland which is flooded in winter, providing a refuge for waterbirds, and is grazed in the summer. It has a variety of birds such as snipe, redshanks and sandpipers, and ditches with rare beetles.[1]
There is access by a footpath from North Street along the south bank of the river to a footbridge, but there is a locked gate 100 yards before the bridge.
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References
- ^ a b "Stanground Wash". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
52°33′43″N 0°13′08″W / 52.562°N 0.219°W / 52.562; -0.219
See also
- Stanground Newt Ponds
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