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'''Houghton Meadows''' is a 4.7 hectare biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI) between [[Houghton, Cambridgeshire|Houghton]] and [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]] in [[Cambridgeshire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002288&SiteName=houghton&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Houghton Meadows | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002288%27 |title=Map of Houghton Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref> The SSSI covers three meadows south of Thicket Road; they are part of the 8 hectare Houghton Meadows nature reserve, which is owned and managed by the [[Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire]], and which also includes Browns Meadow to the south.<ref name=WTBCN>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/houghton-meadows |title= Houghton Meadows |publisher= Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/History%20Houghton%20Meadows%20by%20kind%20permission%20of%20Huntingdonshire%20Fauna%20Flora%20Society%202008.pdf|title=History of Houghton Meadows|publisher=Huntingdonshire Fauna and Flora Scoiety|year=2008|access-date = 11 December 2016}}</ref>
'''Houghton Meadows''' is a 4.7 hectare biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI) between [[Houghton, Cambridgeshire|Houghton]] and [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]] in [[Cambridgeshire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002288&SiteName=houghton&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Houghton Meadows | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002288%27 |title=Map of Houghton Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref> The SSSI covers three meadows south of Thicket Road; they are part of the 8 hectare Houghton Meadows nature reserve, which is owned and managed by the [[Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire]], and which also includes Browns Meadow to the south.<ref name=WTBCN>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/houghton-meadows |title= Houghton Meadows |publisher= Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/History%20Houghton%20Meadows%20by%20kind%20permission%20of%20Huntingdonshire%20Fauna%20Flora%20Society%202008.pdf|title=History of Houghton Meadows|publisher=Huntingdonshire Fauna and Flora Society|year=2008|access-date = 11 December 2016}}</ref>


Some of these fields are pasture and others are hay meadows, and they display [[ridge and furrow|ridges and furrows]] from medieval ploughing. They are a type of neutral grassland which is declining nationally. Flowers include [[Primula veris|cowslips]] and [[Rhinanthus minor|yellow-rattles]], and there are fauna such as [[Picus viridis|green woodpeckers]] and [[great crested newt]]s.<ref name=WTBCN/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002288.pdf|title=Houghton Meadows citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref>
Some of these fields are pasture and others are hay meadows, and they display [[ridge and furrow|ridges and furrows]] from medieval ploughing. They are a type of neutral grassland which is declining nationally. Flowers include [[Primula veris|cowslips]] and [[Rhinanthus minor|yellow-rattles]], and there are fauna such as [[Picus viridis|green woodpeckers]] and [[great crested newt]]s.<ref name=WTBCN/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002288.pdf|title=Houghton Meadows citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref>

Revision as of 03:58, 19 October 2022

Houghton Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 293 716[1]
InterestBiological
Area4.7 hectares[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Houghton Meadows is a 4.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) between Houghton and St Ives in Cambridgeshire.[1][2] The SSSI covers three meadows south of Thicket Road; they are part of the 8 hectare Houghton Meadows nature reserve, which is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, and which also includes Browns Meadow to the south.[3][4]

Some of these fields are pasture and others are hay meadows, and they display ridges and furrows from medieval ploughing. They are a type of neutral grassland which is declining nationally. Flowers include cowslips and yellow-rattles, and there are fauna such as green woodpeckers and great crested newts.[3][5]

There is access from the Ouse Valley Way, which runs along Thicket Road.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Houghton Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Map of Houghton Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Houghton Meadows". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ^ "History of Houghton Meadows" (PDF). Huntingdonshire Fauna and Flora Society. 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Houghton Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

52°19′37″N 0°06′14″W / 52.327°N 0.104°W / 52.327; -0.104

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