Little Paxton Pits

Little Paxton Pits
Notification		1986^[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Little Paxton Pits is a 127.4-hectare (315-acre) biological

Local Nature Reserve (LNR).^[3]^[4]

These flooded former gravel pits are of national importance for wintering wildfowl, especially

common spotted-orchids and hare’s-foot clover.^[5]

There is access to the LNR from the High Street.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Designated Sites View: Little Paxton Pits". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Map of Little Paxton Pits". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Little Paxton Pits". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Map of Little Paxton Pits". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Little Paxton Pits citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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52°15′29″N 0°14′42″W / 52.258°N 0.245°W / 52.258; -0.245

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