Claylands
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationBishop's Waltham, Hampshire
OS gridSU 547 180
Area5.8 hectares (14 acres)
Managed byHampshire Countryside Service

Claylands is a 5.8-hectare (14-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.[1][2]

This former clay working has woodland, ponds, meadows and scrub. The ponds have populations of great crested newts.[1] There are butterflies such as marbled white, common blue and green hairstreak.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Claylands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Map of Claylands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Claylands". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

50°57′32″N 1°13′23″W / 50.959°N 1.223°W / 50.959; -1.223

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