Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

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Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Cornwall
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Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor (England)
Area of Search Cornwall
Grid reference SX128590
Coordinates 50°24′09″N4°38′09″W / 50.4024°N 4.6359°W / 50.4024; -4.6359 Coordinates: 50°24′09″N4°38′09″W / 50.4024°N 4.6359°W / 50.4024; -4.6359
InterestBiological
Area30.53 hectares (0.305 km2; 0.118 sq mi)
Notification 1995 (1995)
Natural England website

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), noted for its biological characteristics, in Cornwall, England, UK. [1] Within the SSSI is Redlake Cottage Meadows nature reserve owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. [2]

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Geography

The 30.5-hectare (75-acre) SSSI is situated within St Winnow civil parish, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the town of Lostwithiel, between two tributaries of the River Lerryn. [3] [4] The nature reserve covers the central 13 hectares (32 acres) of the SSSI. [2]

Flora and fauna

Both the rare heath lobelia ( Lobelia urens ) and the vulnerable and protected marsh fritillary butterfly are found there. [2] After the sighting of the latter species in 1995, Cornwall Wildlife Trust received a grant from the Hanson Environment Fund that enabled the trust to protect it through scrub control and fencing. Other nationally scarce species include Wavy-leaved St John's-wort ( Hypericum undulatum ) and yellow bartsia ( Parentucellia viscosa ). [1]

10 native breed ponies have been introduced to help manage the site. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor" (PDF). Natural England. 1995. Retrieved 12 November 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Redlake Cottage Meadows Nature Reserve". Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor map". Natural England . Retrieved 12 November 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 107 St Austell & Liskeard, 2008, ISBN   0-319-24017-7
  5. ↑ "Redlake Cottage Meadows Nature Reserve". lerryn.net. Retrieved 17 July 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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