Amwell Nature Reserve
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Protected How to find Amwell Herts & W Places like this are now rare as many Nature Reserve Middlesex wetlands have been lost to drainage or development. WWareARE Bruntingford 04 Bishops B10 Stortford Amwell is cared for by the Wildlife Trust but we need lots of help. Maintaining the wildlife habitats such A1170 as reedbeds, ponds and meadows all Amwell Hertford Nature Hunsdon Great Am Reserve Amwell takes time and money. B1502 w H FORD e Amwell ll L a n Stansted e Abbotts Nature Reserve B181 Harlow Hertford A414 Heath A10 Watch out for wildlife at this wetland wonderland, including Cheshunt bitterns, otters and dragonflies. R Parking – Amwell Lane. Nearest train station - Stanstead St Margarets. For details of public transport visit: Help us today www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl Volunteer here – from creating reedbeds to counting ducks, there’s Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust lots you can do. Regular work parties protects wildlife and looks after more take place. than 40 nature reserves. Join Herts and Middlesex Wildlife To find out more contact us at: Trust. We rely on membership fees Grebe House, and donations. St Michael’s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL3 4SN Tel: 01727 858901 Tell your friends about our work and Email: [email protected] encourage them to join too! www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/herts B If you would like this leaflet in larger print, please contact us. Bringing the BIG OUTDOORS closer to everyone Registration No 816710 Charity No 239863 Ref no. 07/08 Protecting Wildlife of the future Welcome to Amwell Nature Reserve Explore Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust’s Nature Reserve at Amwell and discover a very important place for wildlife. A former flooded gravel pit, Amwell forms a vital link in a chain of wetland sites that stretch for 27 miles through the Lee Valley Following extinction in the 1970s, otters were Regional Park to the River Thames. This is a very special place for wildlife. It is a re-introduced to Hertfordshire here at Amwell in Special Protection Area” because of the Nationally significant numbers of birds use 1991. Since then they have thrived, as there are internationally important populations of ducks plenty of fish for them to eat and undisturbed the nature reserve as a safe haven and in which come here during the winter, to escape the places where they can sleep and raise their cubs. summer, dragonflies and damselflies are freezing conditions in their breeding grounds in The River Lea provides a link to other areas. Otters abundant in the marginal vegetation around northern Europe. are secretive and active at night mostly - your best the lake. chance of seeing one is at dawn or dusk. The three hides and viewing areas around Easneye the nature reserve have been created to give N Wood you the best possible chance of seeing the Stanstead Amwell wildlife here. These have level or ramped Abbotts Walkway Orchid MeaMeadowdow access. There are also rest points and River Lea information panels along the way. The map shows where these are sited. Hollycross d DragonDragonflyfly TrTrailail (Ma(May-Septy-Sept only) Lake Ware The lakes, ponds, rivers and Great ditches provide homes for Hardmead 19 different species of White Hide Lake dragonflies and damselflies. Gladwin Hide For close-up views of these Tumbling James H ide colourful insects, explore Bay our dragonfly trail from To Stanstead Abbotts, May to September. Stanstead & St. Margarets Rail s tation Wildlife Walk Ware Amwell Lane Public footpath St Margarets Lee Navigation Towpath Railway Line Getting around G Size: D Kissing Gate Disabled Access 43 ha Wildlife Walk: Gate Information Point May be muddy or slippery when wet Picnic Area Car Parking 500 Metres Only dark green shaded Seats View Point area denotes nature reserve Ware.