Winnall Moors is a 64-hectare (160-acre) nature reserve in Winchester in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.[1]

Winnall Moors
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TypeNature reserve
LocationWinchester, Hampshire
OS gridSU 490 306
Area64 hectares (160 acres)
Managed byHampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

The southern section is owned by Winchester City Council and has been managed by HIWWT since the 1980s. The northern part was formerly farmed as low-intensity grazing, but was purchased by HIWWT following a public appeal, with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The site lies within the western end of the Countryside Agency's plan for a South Downs National Park.[2]

Flora and fauna

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Habitats on the site include chalk stream, tall fen, hay meadow and wet pasture. Plant life includes green-flowered helleborine, water crowfoot, lesser water-parsnip, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), various sedges, common reed, reed canary grass, fleabane, meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), fen bedstraw, southern marsh-orchid, yellow rattle and eyebright.

Birds include little grebe, mute swan and mallard, reed and sedge warblers, gadwall, wigeon and snipe.

There are many different species of breeding dragonfly and damselfly including the broad-bodied chaser, common darter and banded demoiselle.

References

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  1. ^ "Winnall Moors". Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ "South Downs National Park Inquiry - Position Paper - Annex 1 Map A" (PDF). The Planning Inspectorate. Retrieved 18 April 2009.

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