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Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust

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Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust manages over 40 nature reserves covering nearly 810 hectares (2,000 acres) north of London, in Hertfordshire and the historic county of Middlesex, part of which is divided between the London boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Harrow and Hillingdon. It has over 21,000 members, and is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts across the UK.[1][2] It is a Registered Charity, with its Registered Office in St Albans, and had an income in the year to 31 March 2014 of over £1.5 million.[3]

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The trust's activities include managing nature reserves, advising landowners on how to manage their land for wildlife, commenting on planning applications, advising planning authorities and campaigning to protect wildlife. The trust also encourages people to be active volunteers helping to maintain nature reserves.[4]

The first preparatory meeting of what was to become the trust was held on 16 November 1963, and the Hertfordshire & Middlesex Trust for Nature Conservation was incorporated on 9 October 1964. By 1970 it had twenty reserves and in the same year it took over management of its first Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Blagrove Common. In 1987 it changed its name to the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.[lower-alpha 1] In 2007 it purchased Amwell Quarry, and started restoration which has now made the site internationally important for its wetland birds.[5]

Two of the trust's nature reserves are Ramsar sites, internationally important wetland reserves; fifteen are SSSIs, and five are Local Nature Reserves. The first site was Fox Covert, donated by Mr Fordham of Letchworth on the trust's foundation in 1964.[5] The largest is King's Meads, at 96 hectares (240 acres); this is water meadows where 265 wildflower species have been recorded, and it is an important site for over-wintering European stonechats.[6] The smallest is Alpine Meadow at 0.8 hectares, which has been designated an SSSI as an example of unimproved chalk grassland.[7]

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  1. The charity's legal name is the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust Limited, but its trading name is the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.[3]
  2. The area, location and public access are taken from the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust page for each site.

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  1. "Home". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. "Find Your local Wildlife Trust". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. "What we do". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. "Timeline". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. "King's Meads". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. "Alpine Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. "Aldbury Nowers". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. "Aldbury Nowers citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. "Alpine Meadow". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  10. "Amwell". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  11. "Amwell Quarry Nature Reserve - (SSSI SPA Ramsar)". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, South East Hertfordshire Local Group. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  12. "Ashwell Quarry and Quarry Springs". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  13. "A Geological Conservation Strategy for Hertfordshire" (PDF). Hertfordshire RIGS Group. 2003. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  14. "Ashwell Quarry Nature Reserve". Ashwell Museum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  15. "Balls Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  16. "Blagrove Common". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  17. "Blagrove Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  18. "Blagrove Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  19. "Broadwater Lake". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  20. "Cassiobury Park LNR". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  21. "Danemead". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  22. "Fir and Pond Woods". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  23. Fir and Pond Woods Nature Reserve leaflet. Archived 2015-04-20 at the Wayback Machine Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  24. "Fox Covert". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  25. "Frogmore Meadow". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  26. "Frogmore Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  27. "Gobions Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  28. "Hawkins Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  29. "Hertford Heath". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  30. "Hertford Heath citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  31. "Hexton Chalk Pit". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  32. "Hilfield Park Reservoir". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  33. "Hilfield Park Reservoir". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  34. "Hilfield Park Reservoir Wildlife Report 2013" (PDF). Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and Affinity Water. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  35. "Hunsdon and Eastwick Meads". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  36. "Hunsdon Mead citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  37. "Lemsford Springs". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  38. "Long Deans". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  39. "Longspring Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  40. "Old Park Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  41. "Old Park Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  42. "Oughtonhead". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  43. "Oughtonhead Common, Hitchin" (PDF). North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  44. "Patmore Heath". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  45. "Patmore Heath citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  46. "Purwell Ninesprings". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  47. "Ridlins Mire". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  48. "Rye Meads". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  49. "Rye Meads (SSSI SPA Ramsar)". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, South East Hertfordshire Local Group. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  50. "Stanborough Reedmarsh". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  51. "Stanborough Reedmarsh". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  52. "Stocker's Lake". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  53. "Stockers Lake". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  54. "Stocking Springs Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  55. "Tewin Orchard and Hopkyns Wood". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  56. "Tewin Orchard". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  57. "Tewinbury". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  58. "Tewinbury citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  59. "Thorley Wash". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  60. "Thorley Flood Pound citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  61. "Tring Reservoirs". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  62. "Tring Reservoirs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  63. "Uxbridge Alderglade". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  64. "Waterford Heath". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  65. "Waterford Heath". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  66. "Willowmead". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  67. "North Herts District Council takes back management of three Trust nature reserves". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. 15 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  68. "Broad Colney Lakes". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.


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