Attenborough Nature Reserve
Barton Lane
Nottinghamshire
T: 0115 917 0416
Attenborough Nature Reserve is a 360-acre site in the Trent Valley. 240 acres are made up of flooded gravel pits and the whole area is a haven for a multitude of diverse habitats.
In terms of flora and fauna here, the list goes on and on. Many migrant birds are attracted to the reserve. Also there are waders, pintails, mute swans, gulls; butterflies like the Essex Skipper and Speckled Wood; shrews, moles, voles and bats, hoverflies, dragonflies, and whole range of aquatic plants, willows and species of orchid.
The Delta at the Beeston end of the reserve is not open to the public as it is an important wildlife area.
The reserve has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by English Nature.
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