Claylands

Claylands
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TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationBishop's Waltham, Hampshire
OS gridSU 547 180
Area5.8 hectares (14 acres)
Managed byHampshire Countryside Service

Claylands is a 5.8-hectare (14-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.[1][2]

This former clay working has woodland, ponds, meadows and scrub. The ponds have populations of great crested newts.[1] There are butterflies such as marbled white, common blue and green hairstreak.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Claylands LNR". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Map of Claylands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Claylands". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

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