Nature Reserves
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Aldercar Flash (Erewash Meadow) (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Annesley Woodhouse Quarry (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Ashton's Meadow (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Attenborough Nature Reserve (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Beacon Hill Conservation Park (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Bentinck Banks (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Besthorpe Nature Reserve (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Bunny Old Wood (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Clarborough Tunnel (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Daneshill Lakes (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Dukes Wood Nature Reserve (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Dyscarr Wood (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Eakring Meadows (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Eaton & Gamston Woods (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Faith Marriott (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Farndon Willow Holt & Water Meadows (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Foxcovert Plantation (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Girton Grasslands (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Hagg Lane (Idle Washlands) (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Idle Valley (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Jacksdale (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Kimberley Meadow (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Kirton Wood (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Lady Lee Quarry (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Little Holly Corner (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Mansey Common (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Meden Trail (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Misson Carr (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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North Muskham Lake (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Ploughman Wood (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Rainworth Heath (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Skylarks (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Spalford Warren (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Staunton Quarry (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Stonepit Plantation (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Strawberry Hills Heath (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Teversal Pastures (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Treswell Wood Nature Reserve (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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Walkeringham Nature Reserve (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
West Burton Meadow (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Wilford Claypit (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
Woodthorpe Meadow (Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust)
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![Wetland view with cormorants on an island](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2023-08/Cormorant%20wetland%20view%20Besthorpe%20cpt%20Sophie%20Bell-2.jpg?h=521def52&itok=bdoRwe06)
Besthorpe Nature Reserve
Part of a major gravel extraction site; home to a variety of birds. A great example of how former industrial sites can have a new lease of life as havens for wildlife.
![Bridge over stream Daneshill cpt Notts WT](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-02/Bridge%20over%20stream%20Daneshill%20cpt%20Notts%20WT.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=IQJh1_O8)
Daneshill Lakes
An area of disused and flooded gravel pits
Farndon Willow Holt & Water Meadows
One of the few remaining survivors of the working willow holts, once a feature of many Trentside villages
![Swans flying across a lake in front of a building](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2023-07/IVNR%20Belmoor%20Lake%20centre%20with%20swans%20flying%20cpt%20Sophie%20Bell-2.jpg?h=cef3aa48&itok=o4T_GZ72)
Idle Valley
One of the largest sites for nature conservation in the East Midlands
![Lady Lee Quarry NottsWT cpt Tony Summers](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-05/Lady%20Lee%20Quarry%20NottsWT%20cpt%20Tony%20Summers%20.jpg?h=4d338f23&itok=xuCxUwf3)
Lady Lee Quarry
A disused quarry, rich in animal life
![North Muskham Lake NottsWT cpt Tony Summers](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-05/North%20Muskham%20Lake%20NottsWT%20cpt%20Tony%20Summers.jpg?h=e1fe5365&itok=KqZxIOIc)
North Muskham Lake
Once the site of gravel extraction, now attractive to a wide range of important wildlife
![Great Crested Grebe cpt John Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-04/GREAT%20CRESTED%20GREBE%20%283%29%20NottsWT%20cpt%20John%20Smith.jpg?h=9a737d26&itok=rXcuwtad)
Skylarks
An area of disused gravel pits with important areas of marginal vegetation and willow woodland habitat
![Felix Greer at Wilford Claypit Al Greer](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2019-11/Felix%20Greer%20at%20Wilford%20Claypit_NottsWT_Al%20Greer%2004.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=dvHQAV3g)
Wilford Claypit
A SSSI site with an array of habitats help to support the interesting plant species such as bee orchid, yellow-wort and yellow rattle.