Local Reserves
This page will give information about reserves in and around our part of the country:
Update on
Freshney Bog I notice that Freshney Bog is listed on our website as a nature reserve. It was once a Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust reserve when it had scarce plants and other things of interest. But what is it like now? It is managed by N.E. Lincs. Council but may not be officially designated as a Local Nature Reserve. We need to show that we still care about it. Why not visit it
this spring and report what you see there? You can find it between the River Freshney and St Nicholas Church in Little Coates. There it a car park outside the church on Great Coates Road. |
Eastfield Road Railway Embankment reserve is on a railway embankment off Eastfield Road, North Killingholme. It is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. While it is not open to the general public, access is possible with special permission.
Freshney Bog (Now a Not-Reserve - see above)is a reserve off the A1136 near Great Cotes to the north-west of Grimsby. It has been adversely affected by water abstraction, drainage and refuse tipping, but is being restored under its present management by North East Lincolnshire Council. It has reed beds, ponds with amphibians and grassland with wild flowers. Many native trees have been planted.
Rosper Road Pools is a reserve a little way inland from South Killingholme Haven. It is not open to the general public. It is a flood-relief reservoir surrounded by marshland. The area is particularly favourable to wading birds.
Tetney Blow-wells is a reserve is managed by the Lincolnshire Trust for Nature Conservation and is not open to the general public.
The blow wells are natural permanent springs which have clear oxygen-rich water which is also rich in minerals. The water temperature varies little throughout the year, being ice-free in winter and cool in summer providing ideal conditions for rare plants and invertebrates.
Gibralta Point is not exactly local to our area, but it makes a good destination for a very interesting day out. It has a visitors' centre and a number of hides. More hides are in the offing as more areas are being developed as wetlands for wading birds.
Here are some birds photographed there on 6th. August 2004.
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There are often rare species to be seen there, such as the
long-billed dowitcher,
which refused to co-operate in having its picture taken. Marsh harriers,
although not so rare now, can also be seen at Gibralta Point.