Snakeholme Pit

woodland path tropugh long grass top a stile on the left. Both sides of the picture are framed with trees. The land left and right fall sharply into the centre butdetails are hidden in long grass. A drift of Rosebay Willowherb brightens the slope in the centre.
Snakeholme Pit

Snakeholme Pit is a reserve near Langworth in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Butterfly Conservation manages this reserve. It is 2 acres.[1][2]

Species seen include Water Vole, Water Shrew, Banded Demoiselle, Dragon fly, Common Blue, Essex Skipper, Purple Hairstreak, White Admiral, Emperor Moth, Rosy Footman, Elephant Hawk-moth.[1][2]

The grassland is carefully managed by volunteers from the Lincoln Conservation Group.[3]

The site is not open to the public, though permission to enter can be obtained from the site manager, who lives locally.[1][2] The steep-sided pit is water-filled and caution is needed to avoid falling in.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Snakeholme pit". Wildlife extra. Wild travel magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Snakesholme Pit". Butterfly Conservation. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Places: Snakesholme Pit". Lincoln Conservation Group. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

Coordinates: 53°13.7610′N 0°19.7152′W / 53.2293500°N 0.3285867°W / 53.2293500; -0.3285867 (Snakeholme Pit Butterfly reserve)


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