Boddington Meadow

Boddington Meadow
Type Nature reserve
Location Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire
OS grid SP 494 531
Area 2.3 hectares
Managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Boddington Meadow is a 2.3 hectare nature reserve east of Upper Boddington in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

This meadow has never been ploughed and it is managed in a traditional way to encourage uncommon plants, such as great burnet and pepper-saxifrage. There are amphibians including frogs and toads, and butterflies including meadow browns, orange-tips, peacocks, ringlets and small tortoiseshells.[1]

There is access from the west side of the Boddington Reservoir, between Upper Boddington and Byfield.

References

  1. 1 2 "Boddington Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

Coordinates: 52°10′26″N 1°16′48″W / 52.174°N 1.28°W / 52.174; -1.28

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