Amwell Quarry or Amwell Nature Reserve is a 37 hectare biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest in
Great Amwell
Great Amwell is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is southeast of Ware and about north of London.
History
On a hill above the church there are some traces of an Iron Ag ...
in
Hertfordshire. The planning authority is
East Hertfordshire District Council
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Etymology
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It is also part of the
Lee Valley Ramsar Site and
Special Protection Area
A Special Protection Area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union (EU) have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certa ...
, and is owned and managed by the
Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
The site is a former gravel pit, which has been restored to become a wetland nature reserve with two lakes, Great Hardmead Lake and
Hollycross Lake. It is internationally important for wintering wildfowl, and is Britain's most important site for dragonflies. It also has large communities of damselflies and breeding birds. Plants include
marsh dock
''Rumex palustris'', or marsh dock, is a plant species of the genus ''Rumex'', found in Europe. The species is a dicot belonging to the family Polygonaceae. The species epithet
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and
hairlike pondweed, both nationally rare. Amwell has a quarter of all British species of molluscs.
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See also
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References
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Quarries in Hertfordshire
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust reserves
Great Amwell