Begwary Brook in

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

is a four mile long tributary of the

River Great Ouse The River Great Ouse () is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire, the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the Wa ...

. Its source is half a mile north of

Duck's Cross Duck's Cross is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The settlement forms part of Colmworth civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a terri ...

, and it then flows east to join the Great Ouse in

Wyboston Wyboston is a village in the English county of Bedfordshire,adjacent to the town of St Neots, on the Cambridgeshire border. The eastern part of the village is dominated by the A1 Great North Road. Approaching the Black Cat Roundabout from the B ...

. The

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classes its water quality as good. Begwary Brook is also the name of a

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at the junction of the brook with the river, which is managed by the

Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN) is a registered charity which manages 126 nature reserves covering . It has over 35,000 members, and 95% of people in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshi ...

. Gravel extraction has created a small lake and several smaller pools and marshland. The pools are surrounded by willow trees, and plants include common fleabane and marsh woundwort. Dragonflies and damselflies are common over the marsh in the summer. There is access to the site by a footpath from the Wyboston Lakes complex.

References

{{Authority control Nature reserves in Bedfordshire Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire reserves Tributaries of the River Great Ouse