Somersham Local Nature Reserve is an 8.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Somersham in Cambridgeshire. It is owned and managed by Cambridgeshire County Council and Somersham Parish Council.[1][2]

Habitats in this reserve are a lake, wetland, grassland and woodland. Invertebrates include grass snakes and common lizards, there are birds such as great crested grebes, and flora such as red bartsia and purple loosestrife.[1]

There is access from Station Approach, named after the former Somersham railway station. The nature reserve includes a section of disused railway land, part of the March branch of the former Great Eastern Railway.

References

  1. ^ a b "Somersham". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Somersham (LNR)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

52°23′02″N 0°00′22″E / 52.384°N 0.006°E / 52.384; 0.006

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somersham_Local_Nature_Reserve
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