A reserve which used to be a quarried for brick clay and material used to build the local railway, and has now filled with water.
A boardwalk leads visitors around the wetland, which is important for a variety of wildlife including water voles, water shrews and insects – particularly dragonflies and damselflies, rare beetles and moths. In and around the water are reeds and sedges and other wetland plants.
If you spot round holes in tree trunks and sawdust, these have been left by feeding goat moth caterpillars.
WHERE: Lattersley is six miles from Peterborough. Take the A605 from Peterborough to Whittlesey. In Whittlesey turn right on to the B1093 at the second roundabout. Take the second left on to New Road. Pass the refuse tip and turn into the car park on the right.
By public transport, get the bus from Peterborough to Whittlesey, then walk half a mile or the train to Whittlesey and walk one mile.
You can cycle on the National Cycle Network along New Road.
WHEN: Spring to see goat moth caterpillars.
Summer to see bee orchids, common spotted orchids, greater spearworts, cyperus sedges, blunt-flowered rushes, willow, reed and sedge warblers, reed buntings, and great spotted woodpeckers.
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