Farthinghoe Nature Reserve

Farthinghoe Nature Reserve is a 3.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve north-west of Brackley in Northamptonshire. It is owned by Northamptonshire County Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1][2][3]

Farthinghoe
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationFarthinghoe, South Northamptonshire
OS gridSP 516 403
Area3.7 hectares
Managed byWildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

This former landfill site has grassland, ponds and woodland. Flowers include lady's bedstraw, meadow vetchling and snake's-head fritillary. There are fauna such as marbled white and green-veined white butterflies, and pipistrelle and noctule bats.[1][3]

There is access from Purston Lane.

References

  1. "Farthinghoe". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. "Map of Farthinghoe". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. "Farthinghoe". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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