Claylands

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]

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

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. "Claylands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 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.

50.959°N 1.223°W / 50.959; -1.223

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