| Somersham Local Nature Reserve | |
| Type: | Local Nature Reserve |
| Grid Ref Uk: | TL 366 781 |
| Location: | Somersham, Cambridgeshire |
| Area: | 8.9 hectares |
| Manager: | Cambridgeshire County Council and Somersham Parish Council |
Somersham Local Nature Reserve is an 8.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Somersham in Cambridgeshire. It is owned and managed by Cambridgeshire County Council and Somersham Parish Council.[1] [2]
Habitats in this reserve are a lake, wetland, grassland and woodland. Invertebrates include grass snakes and common lizards, there are birds such as great crested grebes, and flora such as red bartsia and purple loosestrife.[1]
There is access from Station Approach, named after the former Somersham railway station. The nature reserve includes a section of disused railway land, part of the March branch of the former Great Eastern Railway.