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What you can see at Blakehill:
Mammals such as roe deer and brown hare. Birds include kestrels, skylarks, wheatear, winchat and stonechat. Butterflies include small copper and brown hairstreak.
Location:
Near Cricklade. The reserve is signposted off the B4040, Malmesbury Road, between Minety and Cricklade, adjacent to the village of Leigh. Grid ref: SU 073 923 for the new vehicle access road. For the car park follow the signs from the access road.
Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve
Once, this vast expanse of grassland reverberated to the drone of Dakotas taking off to fight in the battlefields of World War II Europe. Now, the sky above the former RAF Blakehill airfield vibrates to the pure notes of the skylark, and the ground beneath is a rippling carpet of wildflowers.What you can see at Blakehill:
Mammals such as roe deer and brown hare. Birds include kestrels, skylarks, wheatear, winchat and stonechat. Butterflies include small copper and brown hairstreak.
Location:
Near Cricklade. The reserve is signposted off the B4040, Malmesbury Road, between Minety and Cricklade, adjacent to the village of Leigh. Grid ref: SU 073 923 for the new vehicle access road. For the car park follow the signs from the access road.
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