Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland, England. Founded in 1956, (originally under the name "Leicestershire and Rutland Trust for Nature Conservation") the trust now has 9,000 members helping care for 29 nature reserves covering more than 2,600 acres (11 km2) across the region. The best known of these nature reserves is the Rutland Water Nature Reserve, managed on behalf of Anglian Water. With over 10,000 waterfowl of up to 28 species, it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

LRWT also campaigns for wildlife, protecting threatened habitats like wild flower meadows and threatened species such as ospreys, otters and water voles. By holding activities and events such as orchid rambles and birdwatching fairs, the trust gives people of all ages the chance to experience local wildlife. The Trust also advises landowners on important nature conservation issues.

The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is based in Leicester and is managed by an elected Council of Trustees. It is a registered charity (no.210531) and a company limited by guarantee (no.561833). The Trust's work is done by over 20 professional staff and 400 active volunteers, who help with the conservation and with essential fundraising events. The trust's patron and vice-president is Sir David Attenborough.

Key

Site Photograph Area[lower-alpha 1] Location[lower-alpha 1] Public access Classifications Description
Altar Stones[1] 3.7 hectares
(9.1 acres)		 Leicester
52°41′31″N 1°17′02″W / 52.692°N 1.284°W / 52.692; -1.284 (Altar Stones)
SK 485107
Bloody Oaks Quarry[2] Bloody Oaks Quarry 1.3 hectares
(3.2 acres)		 Stamford
52°41′10″N 0°33′58″W / 52.686°N 0.566°W / 52.686; -0.566 (Bloody Oaks Quarry)
SK 970108 		YES SSSI[3] This site has species-rich grassland on Jurassic limestone. The dominant grasses are tor-grass and upright brome and flora include rock-rose, salad burnet, yellow-wort and autumn gentian.[4]
Charley Woods[5] Charley Woods 26.8 hectares
(66 acres)		 Loughborough
52°43′44″N 1°17′49″W / 52.729°N 1.297°W / 52.729; -1.297 (Charley Woods)
SK 476148
Charnwood Lodge[6] Charnwood Lodge 193.5 hectares
(478 acres)		 Coalville
52°44′06″N 1°19′23″W / 52.735°N 1.323°W / 52.735; -1.323 (Charnwood Lodge)
SK 458155 		GCR,[7][8] NNR,[9] SSSI[10]
Cloud Wood[11] 33 hectares
(82 acres)		 Loughborough
52°47′20″N 1°22′59″W / 52.789°N 1.383°W / 52.789; -1.383 (Cloud Wood)
SK 417214 		SSSI[12]
Cossington Meadows[13] Cossington Meadows 88.9 hectares
(220 acres)		 Leicester
52°42′40″N 1°07′05″W / 52.711°N 1.118°W / 52.711; -1.118 (Cossington Meadows)
SK 597130
Cribb's Meadow[14] Cribb's Meadow 5 hectares
(12 acres)		 Grantham
52°45′32″N 0°40′08″W / 52.759°N 0.669°W / 52.759; -0.669 (Cribb's Meadow)
SK 899188 		NCR,[15] NNR,[9] SSSI[16]
Croft Pasture[17] Croft Pasture 5.8 hectares
(14 acres)		 Leicester
52°35′17″N 1°15′04″W / 52.588°N 1.251°W / 52.588; -1.251 (Croft Pasture)
SP 509958 		SSSI[18]
Dimminsdale[19] Dimminsdale 23.5 hectares
(58 acres)		 Coalville
52°47′35″N 1°26′38″W / 52.793°N 1.444°W / 52.793; -1.444 (Dimminsdale)
SK 376219 [lower-alpha 2]		 SSSI[20]
Great Merrible Wood[21] 12 hectares
(30 acres)		 Uppingham
52°33′25″N 0°46′16″W / 52.557°N 0.771°W / 52.557; -0.771 (Great Merrible Wood)
SP 834962 		SSSI[22]
Holwell Reserves[23] Holwell Reserves 16.4 hectares
(41 acres)		 Melton Mowbray
52°48′11″N 0°54′07″W / 52.803°N 0.902°W / 52.803; -0.902 (Holwell Reserves)
SK 741234
Kelham Bridge[24] Kelham Bridge 8.1 hectares
(20 acres)		 Coalville
52°42′14″N 1°23′56″W / 52.704°N 1.399°W / 52.704; -1.399 (Kelham Bridge)
SK 407120
Ketton Quarry[25] Ketton Quarry 27.5 hectares
(68 acres)		 Stamford
52°38′13″N 0°33′29″W / 52.637°N 0.558°W / 52.637; -0.558 (Ketton Quarry)
SK 977053		 SSSI[26]
Launde Woods[27] Launde Big Wood 99 hectares
(240 acres)		 Leicester
52°37′26″N 0°50′31″W / 52.624°N 0.842°W / 52.624; -0.842 (Launde Woods)
SK 785036 		SSSI[28]
Lea Meadows[29] 12 hectares
(30 acres)		 Leicester
52°41′56″N 1°15′11″W / 52.699°N 1.253°W / 52.699; -1.253 (Lea Meadows)
SK 506115 		SM,[30] SSSI[31]
Loughborough Big Meadow[32] Loughborough Big Meadow 35.3 hectares
(87 acres)		 Loughborough
52°47′28″N 1°12′14″W / 52.791°N 1.204°W / 52.791; -1.204 (Loughborough Big Meadow)
SK 538218 		SSSI[33]
Lucas Marsh[34] 1.5 hectares
(3.7 acres)		 Oadby
52°35′31″N 1°05′06″W / 52.592°N 1.085°W / 52.592; -1.085 (Lucas Marsh)
SP 621998 		LNR[35]
Merry's Meadows[36] 12.6 hectares
(31 acres)		 Oakham
52°43′52″N 0°36′43″W / 52.731°N 0.612°W / 52.731; -0.612 (Merry's Meadows)
SK 938157 		SSSI[37]
Mountsorrel Meadows[38] 12.6 hectares
(31 acres)		 Leicester
52°43′12″N 1°07′41″W / 52.720°N 1.128°W / 52.720; -1.128 (Mountsorrel Meadows)
SK 590140
Narborough Bog[39] 9.2 hectares
(23 acres)		 Leicester
52°34′34″N 1°11′28″W / 52.576°N 1.191°W / 52.576; -1.191 (Narborough Bog)
SP 549979 		SSSI[40]
Prior's Coppice[41] Prior's Coppice 29 hectares
(72 acres)		 Oakham
52°38′13″N 0°46′19″W / 52.637°N 0.772°W / 52.637; -0.772 (Prior's Coppice)
SK 832051 		SSSI[42]
Rocky Plantation[43] 3.4 hectares
(8.4 acres)		 Leicester
52°42′07″N 1°16′19″W / 52.702°N 1.272°W / 52.702; -1.272 (Rocky Plantation)
SK 493118
Rutland Water[44] Rutland Water 393 hectares
(970 acres)		 Oakham
52°39′14″N 0°39′43″W / 52.654°N 0.662°W / 52.654; -0.662 (Rutland Water)
SK 906071 		NCR,[45] Ramsar,[46] SPA,[47] SSSI[48]
Stonesby Quarry[49] Stonesby Quarry 4 hectares
(9.9 acres)		 Melton Mowbray
52°48′58″N 0°47′42″W / 52.816°N 0.795°W / 52.816; -0.795 (Stonesby Quarry)
SK 813250		 SSSI[50]
Tilton Railway Cutting[51] Tilton Railway Cutting 3.1 hectares
(7.7 acres)		 Leicester
52°38′31″N 0°52′37″W / 52.642°N 0.877°W / 52.642; -0.877 (Tilton Railway Cutting)
SK 761055 		SSSI[52]
Ulverscroft[53] 56 hectares
(140 acres)		 Leicester
52°42′25″N 1°16′34″W / 52.707°N 1.276°W / 52.707; -1.276 (Ulverscroft)
SK 490124 		SSSI[31]
Wanlip Meadows[54] 16.2 hectares
(40 acres)		 Leicester
52°41′17″N 1°06′32″W / 52.688°N 1.109°W / 52.688; -1.109 (Wanlip Meadows)
SK 603104
Wymeswold Meadows[55] Wymeswold Meadows 4.5 hectares
(11 acres)		 Loughborough
52°48′07″N 1°11′28″W / 52.802°N 1.191°W / 52.802; -1.191 (Wymeswold Meadows)
SK 614231
Wymondham Rough[56] Wymondham Rough 12.5 hectares
(31 acres)		 Melton Mowbray
52°44′53″N 0°46′12″W / 52.748°N 0.770°W / 52.748; -0.770 (Wymondham Rough)
SK 831174 		SSSI[57]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The area and location are taken from the Wildlife Trust page for each site.
  2. ↑ Dimminsdale is partly in Derbyshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Altar Stones". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bloody Oaks Quarry". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Bloody Oaks Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bloody Oaks Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Charley Woods". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Charnwood Lodge". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Charnwood Lodge (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Charnwood Lodge & Warren Hills (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Leicestershire's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Charnwood Lodge". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Cloud Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Cossington Meadows". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Cribb's Meadow". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  15. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  16. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Cribb's Lodge Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Croft Pasture". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Croft Pasture". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  19. ↑ "Dimminsdale". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  20. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Dimminsdale". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  21. ↑ "Great Merrible Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Eye Brook Valley Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  23. ↑ "Holwell Reserves". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  24. ↑ "Kelham Bridge". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  25. ↑ "Ketton Quarry". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  26. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Ketton Quarries". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  27. ↑ "Launde Woods". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  28. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Launde Big Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  29. ↑ "Lea Meadows". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  30. ↑ "Moat at Lea Meadows". Historic England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  31. 1 2 "Designated Sites View: Ulverscroft Valley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  32. ↑ "Loughborough Big Meadow". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  33. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Loughborough Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  34. ↑ "Lucas' Marsh". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  35. ↑ "Lucas Marsh". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  36. ↑ "Merry's Meadows". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  37. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Greetham Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  38. ↑ "Mountsorrel Meadows". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  39. ↑ "Narborough Bog". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  40. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Narborough Bog". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  41. ↑ "Prior's Coppice". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  42. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Prior's Coppice". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  43. ↑ "Rocky Plantation". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  44. ↑ "Rutland Water". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  45. ↑ "Rutland Water citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  46. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Rutland Water". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  47. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Rutland Water". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  48. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Rutland Water". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  49. ↑ "Stonesby Quarry". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  50. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Stonesby Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  51. ↑ "Tilton Railway Cutting". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  52. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Tilton Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  53. ↑ "Ulverscroft". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  54. ↑ "Wanlip Meadows". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  55. ↑ "Wymeswold Meadows". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  56. ↑ "Wymondham Rough". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  57. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Wymondham Rough". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 August 2017.


Coordinates: 52°33′39″N 1°10′35″W / 52.560699°N 1.176274°W / 52.560699; -1.176274

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