Environment of Cambridgeshire

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Nature reserves in Cambridgeshire, Parks and open spaces in Cambridgeshire, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, Ouse Washes, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, Wicken Fen, Fen Drayton, Hayley Wood, Roswell Pits, Nene Park, Peterborough, Grafham Water, Great Fen Project, Barnack Hills & Holes National Nature Reserve, Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire, Wandlebury Hill, Brampton Wood, Bedford Purlieus National Nature Reserve, Fowlmere RSPB reserve, Fleam Dyke, Monks Wood, Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough, Castor Hanglands National Nature Reserve, Nene Washes, Dogsthorpe Star Pit, Upwood Meadows, Cherry Hinton Pit, National Nature Reserves in Cambridgeshire, Woodwalton Marsh, Eye Green Nature Reserve, Houghton Meadows, Chettisham Meadow, Fulbourn Fen, Soham Meadow, Gransden and Waresley Woods, Wansford Pasture, L-moor, Shepreth, Southorpe Paddock, Adventurers' Land, Hardwick Wood, Gamlingay Wood, Traveller's Rest Pit, Southorpe Meadow, Overhall Grove, Brampton Meadow, Orton Mere, Skaters' Meadow, Stanground Wash, Stanground Newt Ponds, Mare Fen, Fordham Woods, Gamlingay Meadows, Wistow Wood, Ramsey Heights nature reserve, Woodston Ponds, Paradise Fen nature reserve, Lady's Wood, Thorpe Wood, Shepherd's Close, Gamsey Wood, Lower Wood, Gamlingay Cinques Common, Norwood Road nature reserve, Pingle Wood and Cutting, Raveley Wood, Doghouse Grove, Lattersey, Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, Buff Wood, Beechwoods nature reserve, Arthur's Meadow. Excerpt: This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. Natural England uses Cambridgeshire's borders to mark one of its Areas of Search. As of 2008, there are 101 sites designated in this Area of Search. Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974-1996 county system and as such the same approach is followed here. The data in the table is taken from English Nature in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search. Data rounded to one decimal place. Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey. Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature. Wicken FenWicken Fen is a wetland nature reserve situated near the village of Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England. It is one of Britain's oldest nature reserves, and was the first reserve acquired by the National Trust, in 1899. The reserve includes fenland, farmland, marsh, and reedbeds. Wicken Fen is one of only four wild fens which still survive in the enormous Great Fen Basin area of East Anglia, where 99.9% of the former fens have now been replaced by arable cultivation. Naturalists were originally drawn to Wicken because of its species richness and the presence of rarities. The Fen has therefore received a great deal of recording effort and huge species lists have accumulated. Many national...