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Greystones Farm
The ancient meadows and rivers of Greystones Farm are home to a diverse range of wildlife. This nature reserve is also the site of the Salmonsbury Camp, an important meeting place during Neolithic…
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Gwen and Vera's Fields
One of the few wild daffodil meadows left in the area known as the "golden triangle", these fields are carpeted with wild daffodils every spring. Old orchard trees and woodland…
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Ketford Banks
Ketford Banks is a small, steep sandy bank, famed for its displays of wild daffodils in early spring. Along with daffodils, the reserve supports the buff-tailed bumble bees that are their main…
Kilkenny
An example of unimproved limestone grassland with a rich flora and fauna with abundant autumn gentian and one of the few Cotswold sites still supporting Duke of Burgundy butterfly.
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Lancaut
Lancaut lies in one of the four most important woodland areas in Britain, the site is very rich in wildlife with over 350 plant species recorded and a wide range of birds around the wood and south…
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Laurie Lee Wood
A walk through the magical Laurie Lee Wood is a step back in time. This small, ancient and semi-natural woodland is full of wildflowers such as white helleborine, and bluebells in spring.
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Laymoor Quag
Part of what once was a large wet heathland covering Cinderford, Laymoor Quag bursts with plant and insect life in the spring and a great place to look out for dragonflies in the summer months.…
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Lower Woods
Lower Woods is one of the largest ancient woodland in the south-west, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Areas of grazed common land and wide grassy pathways known as ‘trenches’…
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Midger Wood
Midger Wood nature reserve is tucked away in an enchanting valley of mossy oaks and luxuriant ferns, with the babbling Kilcott Brook and it small waterfalls.
There is no public access due to…
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Old London Road
This nature reserve safeguards one of the only two remaining British locations of limestone woundwort.