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Wylam Parish Council Office,
Wylam Institute,
Church Road,
Wylam,
Northumberland.
NE41 8AP
Tel: 01661 852498
wylampc@btinternet.com
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The Haughs Local Nature Reserve
The Haughs Nature Reserve was granted official status as a Local Nature Reserve on 9 October 2003 by English Nature. It is made up from a block of disused allotments formed about 25 years ago lying between the Tyne Riverside Country Park Wagon Way and the River Tyne and consists mainly of grassland and scattered trees. Many people in Wylam regard the Nature Reserve as a very special place for quiet walks, exercise and fresh air.
The wildlife found there is the sort one would expect to find on such a site. Some trees are self-sown, but many have been planted as commemorative trees by the Village Tree Warden Peter Clarke on behalf of local residents. Species include Oak, Willow, Hazel, Ash, Rowan, Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut. There are a large number of birds, though none particularly unusual apart from finches, warblers and some birds of prey. Otters have been seen on the nearby river bank.
This site has free open access throughout and a footpath runs all the way around it. Walkers and runners make good use of the path, as do botanists and ornithologists.
Wylam Parish Council encourages educational use of the site from nature walks for First Schools right through to undergraduate dissertations. Visitors are welcome and may obtain further information from the Clerk at the Parish Council Office, any member of the Parish Council. Lists of plants and birds which may be seen at the Reserve are available from Peter Clarke Nature Reserve Manager (Tel: 01661 852297).
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