Cottage Bottom Fields

Cottage Bottom Fields is a 14.1 hectare local nature reserve in Dunstable in Bedfordshire. It is owned and managed by Central Bedfordshire Council.[1][2]

The site is chalk grassland on a steep slope, and the wide variety of flowers include what may be the largest population of pignut in the country. Birds include Northern wheatears, European stonechat, whinchat and ring ouzels.[1]

There is access from Dunstable Road.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cottage Bottom Fields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Map of Cottage Bottom Fields". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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