Stanground Wash

Stanground Wash
Type Nature reserve
Location Stanground, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
OS grid TL 208 975
Area 26 hectares
Managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Stanground Wash is a 26 hectare nature reserve in Stanground, a suburb of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

The site is sandwiched between the East Coast Main Line railway line and Back River, a tributary of the River Nene. It is grassland which is flooded in winter, providing a refuge for waterbirds, and is grazed in the summer. It has a variety of birds such as snipe, redshanks and sandpipers, and ditches with rare beetles.[1]

There is access by a footpath from North Street along the south bank of the river to a footbridge, but there is a locked gate 100 yards before the bridge.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stanground Wash". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

Coordinates: 52°33′43″N 0°13′08″W / 52.562°N 0.219°W / 52.562; -0.219

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