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Linwood Warren - LWT 27.5 Ha
Market Rasen
The RK Cornwallis Memorial Reserve
(dedicated to the memory of the late Dick Cornwallis, Chairman of the Trust
1962-68, and nearby landowner and farmer)
The reserve was once part of an extensive area of heathland encroached
by afforestation and a golf course. There have been flint implements found
on site, Romano-British pottery kilns, banks of medieval or later field system,
butts of a 19th century rifle range and practice trenches from 1914/18. As
a result there is a mosaic of habitats with a varied flora and fauna.
The high ground to the south is clay and carried oak woodland with some
small-leaved lime or linden trees (from whence the name Linwood came) until
it was felled. The Forestry Commission planted this area with pine. One area
of pine to the south-east of this has been felled, allowing natural regeneration
to occur.
The flora and fauna is both rich and varied. All three heathers occur on
site (bell, cross-leaved and ling) and there are damp areas rich in mosses
and lichens - including Iceland moss. 21 species of butterfly and over 200
moth species have been recorded on site. The reserve is also important for
mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. Management is mainly by sheep and cattle
grazing, with some scrub clearance. Small scrapes are made to encourage heather
regeneration.
Directions
2.5 km east of Market Rasen on the south side of the Legsby road opposite
the golf course.
Key Species
Adder
Grass snake
Slow worm
Common lizard
Nightjar
Woodcock
Green & great and lesser spotted woodpeckers
Redstart
Glow worm
Hazel pot beetle
Bilberry
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