www.yorkshiredragonflies.org.uk
Former peatland extraction site, currently being restored to heathland.
Grid Reference: SE664094
The nearest large towns to the reserve are Doncaster and Scunthorpe. Follow the signs for Thorne on the A18/M18/M180. Park with care along Grange Road or at the Winning Post Centre in the village of Moorends. The moors can also be accessed from the East via Crowle Moors Grid Ref: SE 759145
A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Site – Pastures lined with hedgerows, ponds, lakes and small woodlands.
Grid Reference SE594088
Approach from Arksey or Barnby Dun along Forstead Lane parking near the Norwood Pumping Station.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust – Thrope Marsh
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Leave the M62 at junction 36 and head towards Goole on the A614. Parking is along Tom Pudding Way near the Tesco distribution centre. A site plan can be downloaded from the Friends of Oakhill Nature Reserve website at the following link:-
http://oakhillnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Maps.pdf
A plan of the site can be downloaded from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s website.
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Large Lake with surrounding meadow and scrubland.
Park at the end of Washfield Lane, Treeton, near the railway line. Follow path south along the edge of the Railway to reach Treeton Dyke.
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A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Site – Open fresh water and reedbed.
South of Howden (SE774248).
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Saltmarshe Delph – YWT
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A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust site consisting of High Eske borrow pit and Pulfin reed fen.
Accessed via Tickton by walking along the River Hull bank (TA050440).
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Pulfin Bog – YWT
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Slow flowing fresh water of high quality with plenty of floating and emergent vegetation.
Access is possible from a number of locations along the canal.
Former site of sand and gravel extraction turned back to nature. A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Site – The site is still being developed, primarily for birds. A series of five ponds have been created for dragonflies along the northern path of the reserve.
Leave the M62 at junction 38. Reserve is signposted from North Cave village. Reserve is also signposted from the A1079 at Market Weighton.
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Market Weighton Canal Trail
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North Cave Wetlands
North Cave Wetlands -YWT
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Canal and ponds complex with floating vegetation.
A car park can be found along Canal Side West off the B1230 in Newport Village.
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Former canal now designated as an SSSI. Fed by calcareous spring water of high quality and supporting a range of fenland plant species along its margin
Off the Beverley to Bridlington Road A1035 in Leven (TA1045).