Loughborough Meadows

Loughborough Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Leicestershire
Grid reference SK 538 216 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 60.5 hectares (149 acres)[1]
Notification 1987[1]
Location map Magic Map

Loughborough Meadows is a 60.5 hectares (149 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Loughborough in Leicestershire.[1][2] An area of 35.3 hectares (87 acres) is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.[3]

This is the largest area of unimproved alluvial flood meadow in the county, and wet areas are dominated by creeping bent and marsh foxtail. A brook has large areas of marsh foxtail, and there is a field with breeding lapwings and redshanks.[4]

There is public access to the site.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Loughborough Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Loughborough Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Loughborough Big Meadow". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Loughborough Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°47′28″N 1°12′22″W / 52.791°N 1.206°W / 52.791; -1.206

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