Neu-Lindsey Nature Reserve
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Example - great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
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 Neu-Lindsey Nature Reserve shown within Gloucestershire
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| Type | Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature reserve |
| Location | south of St Chloe, adjoins Minchinhampton Common |
| Coordinates | 51°42′41.64″N 2°13′30.04″W / 51.7115667°N 2.2250111°WCoordinates: 51°42′41.64″N 2°13′30.04″W / 51.7115667°N 2.2250111°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Created | 1986 |
| Operated by | Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust |
| Status | Open all year |
Neu-Lindsey Nature Reserve (grid reference SO845014) is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 (online for download) as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).
The site is owned and managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust since 1986. It was donated by Mrs T Lindsey.
The reserve adjoins the western edge of Minchinhampton Common which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It lies south of St Chloe and is on a south-west facing slope which overlooks Woodchester. It is not part of the SSSI. It is on Inferior Oolitic limestone and Cotteswold Sand.
The boundaries of the reserve are a dry-stone wall on the east and fencing on the other sides. The reserve is considered to be an excellent example of unimproved grassland flora and fauna. The site has been managed as a traditional hay meadow for a long period of time.
The range of plants is wide and includes bee orchid, horseshoe vetch and chalk milkwort. The site supports an abundant population of pyramidal orchids. Typical plants which flourish on the site are cowslip, salad burnet, common rock-rose, yellow-rattle, burnet-saxifrage, oxeye daisy, spring-sedge (Carex caryophyllea) and marjoram. Grasses include upright brome, quaking-grass, sweet vernal-grass, crested hair-grass, yellow oat-grass and sheep's fescue. Tor-grass is dominant but in small areas. Devil's-bit scabious is present on the lower slopes. Sainfoin has entered the site from surrounding fields.
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