Ridlins Mire

Ridlins Mire is a 1.6 hectare nature reserve managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust in Stevenage in Hertfordshire.[1]

This wetland site is the result of a spring, which has resulted in the growth of peat over many years into a rare domed structure called a rheotrophic hangmire. The dominant plants are tussock sedge and marsh marigold. There are birds such as long-tailed tits and great tits, and butterflies including large whites and small tortoiseshells.[1]

The site is unfenced on its border with Goddard End, but access is difficult as there is no formal entrance or footpaths.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ridlins Mire". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

Coordinates: 51°53′04″N 0°09′56″W / 51.884501°N 0.165626°W / 51.884501; -0.165626

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