Logan's Meadow

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Logan's Meadow
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Logan's Meadow
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationCambridge
OS grid TL 463 592
Area1.1 hectares
Managed byCambridge City Council and City Greenways Project

Logan's Meadow is a 1.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned by Cambridge City Council and managed by the council together with City Greenways Project. [1] [2]

This site of the bank of the River Cam has pasture with tortoiseshell and comma butterflies, and flowers such as cow parsley and cuckoo flowers. Starling roost in trees in the autumn, and there are freshwater mussels in the river. [1] The site was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2005. [3]

There is access from Logan's Way.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Logan's Meadow". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. "Map of Logan's Meadow". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. "Logan's Meadow Cambridge City Nature Reserves". Cambridge City. Retrieved 2022-01-03.

Coordinates: 52°12′43″N0°08′28″E / 52.212°N 0.141°E / 52.212; 0.141