Cambridgeshire
Bird and Nature Reserves
Fowlmere
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Wetland and woodland bird reserve.
Location: Map ref. TL 407461 - Fowlmere, near Royston,
8m S Cambridge
Road: A10, turn off at Shepreth
Train: Shepreth station - 2 miles away
Telephone: 01603 661662
Facilities:4 hides and boardwalk suitable for wheelchairs.
Parking
Features: Disused watercress beds, fed from spring.
Reedbeds, open water, woodland and scrub.
Good variety of breeding warblers including Reed, Sedge and
Grasshopper, Water Rail and Kingfisher. In winter, Corn Bunting
roost.
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Grafham
Water - Anglian Water & WT for Cambs
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Reservoir
with woodland.
Location: Map ref. TL 148680 - West Perry, Huntingdon,
Cambs
Road: B661 (Mander car park)
Admission: Free
Telephone: 01480 812660
Facilities: 6 hides and Information Centre. Parking.
Refreshments available near reserve.
Large reservoir with creeks and woodland surrounds.
Good variety of woodland and scrub birds, including Nightingale.
Reservoir holds wintering wildfowl and grebes, occasionally
divers. Passage birds can include Black Tern, Little Gull and
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Ouse
Washes - RSPB / WT for Cambs |
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Fenland
flood meadows.
Location: Map ref. TL 471861 - From Manea, close to Chatteris
Facilities: Hides and Information Centre. Toilets. Parking.
Admission: Free
Telephone: 01354 680212
Features: Flood meadows and important area for both breeding
waders and duck, and as wintering area for large numbers of
wildfowl.
Breeding Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Redshank, Lapwing, Garganey.
Marsh Harrier frequently seen. In winter, large numbers of Bewick
Swans, also Whooper Swan, Wigeon, Teal, Pintail. Hen Harrier
and Merlin regular.
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Paxton
Pits - Hunts DC |
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Fooded
gravel pits - local nature reserve.
Location: Map ref. TL 197629 - Little Paxton
Road:
Facilities: Hides and Information Centre (limited opening).
Reserve open at all times on marked paths. Parking.
Features: Gravel pits, with wooded edges and scrub. Marked
trails.
70 species breeding annually, including Heron, Cormorant, Little
Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Kingfisher. Also good for Nightingale
and warblers.
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Wicken
Fen - National Trust |
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Fenland
reserve - Britains oldest nature reserve
Location: Map ref. TL 563705 - 3m SW Soham, 9m NE Cambridge
Road: A1123 (off A142 and A10)
Facilities: Information Centre, hides and marked trails.
Parking. Self-catering accommodation available.
Admission: Charge (Free to NT members)
Telephone: 01263 733471
Features: Fenland reserve, with reedbeds, open water,
meadows and scrub.
Good variety of breeding wetland birds including warblers, Marsh
Harrier and Bearded Tits. In winter, wildfowl and Hen Harrier
roost.
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