The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, (part of the Wildlife Trusts partnership), covers the whole ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1948 as a voluntary charitable organisation dedicated to conserving the wildlife and wild places of Lincolnshire and to promoting the understanding and enjoyment of the natural world.
Its headquarters are at Banovallum House, Manor House Street, Horncastle. It has over 27,000 members and manages 95 nature reserves with a total area of 8,520 acres (34.49 km2). These include five main visitor-focused reserves used for educational purposes:
The Trust employs 78 [5] full and part-time staff who are aided by more than 1,300 volunteers drawn mainly from Trust's 16 area groups (members' groups), each of which is based on one of the county's main towns. The area groups also organise meetings, visits and social events and are involved in fundraising and membership recruitment.
5,000 of the Trust's members are under 16 years of age; these are catered for by the organisation's junior wing Wildlife Watch which runs seven groups around the county organising events for children.
The Trust's income is derived mainly from members' subscriptions, money raised by area groups and members, donations, grants from local authorities and government agencies (usually for special projects), profits from the Trust's sales business and from legacies. [6]
| Site | Image | Area | Location | Public Access | Classifications | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancaster Valley | 10 hectares (25 acres) | 52°58′44″N0°32′09″W / 52.978924°N 0.53591996°W | Yes | A steep-sided valley best known for its flower-rich limestone grassland. Plants include pasqueflower, bee orchid, dyer's greenweed and dropwort, whilst birds recorded at the site include Eurasian green woodpecker and great spotted woodpecker. [7] | ||
| Anderby Marsh | 24 hectares (59 acres) | 53°15′24″N0°19′19″E / 53.256569°N 0.32207716°E | ||||
| Arnold's Meadow | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | 52°46′44″N0°07′59″E / 52.778972°N 0.13317943°E | ||||
| Banovallum House | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | 53°12′28″N0°07′10″E / 53.207712°N 0.11933892°E | ||||
| Barrow Blow Wells |  | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | 53°41′03″N0°22′39″W / 53.684185°N 0.37762291°W | Yes | LNR | Reedmarshes and woodland centred around two blow wells (natural artesian springs). [8] |
| Barrow Haven Reedbed |  | 13 hectares (32 acres) | 53°41′53″N0°23′50″W / 53.697929°N 0.39716479°W | Yes | LNR | Reedbed in flooded, disused clay pits. |
| Baston Fen |  | 33 hectares (82 acres) | 52°44′38″N0°18′19″W / 52.743907°N 0.30529738°W | |||
| Bloxholm Wood | 30 hectares (74 acres) | |||||
| Boston Road Bricks | 2 hectares (4.9 acres) | |||||
| Boultham Mere | 19 hectares (47 acres) | |||||
| Candlesby Hill Quarry | 2 hectares (4.9 acres) | |||||
| Chapel Pit | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Clapgate Pits | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | Former quarry | ||||
| Crowle Moor | 188 hectares (460 acres) | |||||
| Dawson City Clay Pits |  | 16 hectares (40 acres) | ||||
| Deeping Lakes |  | 71 hectares (180 acres) | 52°39′24″N0°15′02″W / 52.656675°N 0.25064869°W | Yes | LNR, SSSI | Flooded former gravel pits. Wildfowl and wetland site. |
| Digby Corner | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | |||||
| Dole Wood | 8 hectares (20 acres) | |||||
| Donna Nook National Nature Reserve |  | 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres) | 53°28′29″N000°09′07″E / 53.47472°N 0.15194°E | Yes | NNR | Coastal salt marsh noted for its annual grey seal breeding population. [9] |
| Duke's Covert and Copper Hill | 2 hectares (4.9 acres) | |||||
| Epworth Turbary | 33 hectares (82 acres) | |||||
| Fairfield Pit | 9 hectares (22 acres) | |||||
| Far Ings National Nature Reserve |  | 59 hectares (150 acres) | 53°41′49″N0°27′36″W / 53.696838°N 0.45998523°W | Yes | NNR, SSSI, Ramsar site | Reedbeds on flooded former clay pits. Wildfowl and wetland site. |
| Fir Hill Quarry | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | |||||
| Fiskerton Fen |  | 7 hectares (17 acres) | ||||
| Frampton Marsh |  | 172 hectares (430 acres) | 52°55′35″N0°01′36″E / 52.9263°N 0.0266°E | |||
| Friskney Decoy Wood | 6 hectares (15 acres) | |||||
| Furze Hill | 5 hectares (12 acres) | |||||
| Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |  | 437 hectares (1,080 acres) | 53°05′47″N0°19′42″E / 53.09641°N 0.32838°E | NNR | ||
| Goslings Corner Wood | 10 hectares (25 acres) | |||||
| Great Casterton Road Banks |  | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | 52°39′47″N0°30′50″W / 52.663°N 0.514°W | |||
| Greetwell Hollow | 13 hectares (32 acres) | |||||
| Hatton Meadows | 4 hectares (9.9 acres) | |||||
| Haxey Turbary | 15 hectares (37 acres) | |||||
| Heath's Meadows | 6 hectares (15 acres) | |||||
| Hopland's Wood | 14 hectares (35 acres) | |||||
| Horbling Line | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | |||||
| Huttoft Bank Pit | 4 hectares (9.9 acres) | |||||
| Keal Carr | 12 hectares (30 acres) | |||||
| Killingholme Haven Pits | 32 hectares (79 acres) | |||||
| Kingerby Beck Meadows | 9 hectares (22 acres) | |||||
| Kirkby Gravel Pits | 15 hectares (37 acres) | |||||
| Kirkby Moor | 75 hectares (190 acres) | |||||
| Landholme Wood | 11 hectares (27 acres) | |||||
| Lawn Wood, and Bottleneck and Jackson's Meadows | 12 hectares (30 acres) | |||||
| Legbourne Wood | 35 hectares (86 acres) | |||||
| Linwood Warren | 28 hectares (69 acres) | |||||
| Messingham Sand Quarry | 40 hectares (99 acres) | |||||
| Mill Hill Quarry | 2 hectares (4.9 acres) | |||||
| Moor Closes | 6 hectares (15 acres) | |||||
| Moor Farm | 48 hectares (120 acres) | |||||
| Moulton Marsh | 36 hectares (89 acres) | |||||
| Muckton Wood | 17 hectares (42 acres) | |||||
| Pasture Wharf | 21 hectares (52 acres) | |||||
| Pickering's Meadow | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Pinchbeck Slipe | 22 hectares (54 acres) | |||||
| Rauceby Warren | 9 hectares (22 acres) | |||||
| Red Hill | 27 hectares (67 acres) | |||||
| Rigsby Wood | 15 hectares (37 acres) | |||||
| Robert's Field | 4 hectares (9.9 acres) | |||||
| Roughton Moor Wood | 10 hectares (25 acres) | |||||
| Rush Furlong | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Saltfleetby – Threddlethorpe Dunes |  | 951 hectares (2,350 acres) | 53°24′08″N0°12′23″E / 53.4023°N 0.2064°E | NNR | ||
| Sandilands Pit | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | |||||
| Scotton Common | 64 hectares (160 acres) | |||||
| Sedge Hole Close | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) | |||||
| Silverines Meadows | 6 hectares (15 acres) | |||||
| Snipe Dales |  | 87 hectares (210 acres) | 53°11′46″N0°00′18″W / 53.196°N 0.005°W | |||
| Sotby Meadows | 6 hectares (15 acres) | |||||
| South Witham Verges | 6 hectares (15 acres) | |||||
| Sow Dale | 34 hectares (84 acres) | |||||
| Spendluffe Meadows | 5 hectares (12 acres) | |||||
| Stanton's Pit |  | 8 hectares (20 acres) | LNR | |||
| Swinn Wood | 20 hectares (49 acres) | LNR | ||||
| Surfleet Lows | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Tetney Blow Wells | 15 hectares (37 acres) | |||||
| The Shrubberies | 5 hectares (12 acres) | |||||
| Thurlby Fen Slipe | 8 hectares (20 acres) | |||||
| Toby's Hill | 9 hectares (22 acres) | |||||
| Toft Tunnel | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Tortoiseshell Wood and Porter's Lodge Meadows | 21 hectares (52 acres) | |||||
| Tunman Wood | 53 hectares (130 acres) | |||||
| Watts Wood | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Welton-le-Wold | 2 hectares (4.9 acres) | |||||
| Whisby Nature Park |  | 144 hectares (360 acres) | ||||
| Willoughby Branch Line | 5 hectares (12 acres) | |||||
| Willoughby Meadow | 5 hectares (12 acres) | |||||
| Willow Tree Fen | 112 hectares (280 acres) | |||||
| Wolla Bank Pit | 4 hectares (9.9 acres) | |||||
| Wolla Bank Reedbed | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) | |||||
| Woodhall Spa Airfield Nature Reserve |  | 53°07′51″N0°11′56″W / 53.130728°N 0.19893587°W | BPA | NNR | Former airfield and gravel quarry. |
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