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Loughborough Meadows

Loughborough Meadows

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

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