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Highlights:The grassland supports a wealth of invertebrates. Butterflies include both large and small skippers, common blues, small coppers and orange tips. Birdlife is varied, particularly warblers, tits and woodpeckers, and kingfishers by the brook. The brook has a rich aquatic fauna, including brown trout. Two ponds were dug near the brook in 1988 to provide suitable habitats from amphibians and odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). Location: The reserve is on the north bank of Swettenham Brook , about 0.3 miles (0.5km) north east of Swettenham village and 2.5 miles (4km) east of Holmes Chapel.
Grid Ref: SJ804675
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Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve
The reserve consists of 21.5 acres, of which about 9 acres is species-rich grassland, 7 acres of semi-improved grassland and 5 acres of broadleaved woodland, and well developed hedgerows.Highlights:The grassland supports a wealth of invertebrates. Butterflies include both large and small skippers, common blues, small coppers and orange tips. Birdlife is varied, particularly warblers, tits and woodpeckers, and kingfishers by the brook. The brook has a rich aquatic fauna, including brown trout. Two ponds were dug near the brook in 1988 to provide suitable habitats from amphibians and odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). Location: The reserve is on the north bank of Swettenham Brook , about 0.3 miles (0.5km) north east of Swettenham village and 2.5 miles (4km) east of Holmes Chapel.
Grid Ref: SJ804675
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