Old Warden Tunnel nature reserve

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Old Warden Tunnel nature reserve is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) nature reserve near Old Warden in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The site is on top of a disused railway tunnel, Old Warden Tunnel. [1]

The site has oak and ash woodland with mature blackthorn and hawthorn bushes, and a steep cutting with grassland and scrub. Flowers include dwarf thistle and pyramidal orchid, and the scrub provides nesting sites for birds. [1]

There is access by a track from Southill Road. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Old Warden Tunnel". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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