Boddington Meadow | |
Type: | Nature reserve |
Grid Ref Uk: | SP 494 531 |
Location: | Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire |
Area: | 2.3 hectares |
Manager: | Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |
Boddington Meadow is a 2.3hectare nature reserve east of Upper Boddington in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]
This meadow has never been ploughed and it is managed in a traditional way to encourage uncommon plants, such as great burnet and pepper-saxifrage. There are amphibians including frogs and toads, and butterflies including meadow browns, orange-tips, peacocks, ringlets and small tortoiseshells.[1]
There is access from the west side of the Boddington Reservoir, between Upper Boddington and Byfield.