Mansfield & Ashfield Local Members Group

OAKHAM pLNR (SK529 598).

The site consists of wet willow carr woodland and hawthorn scrub, with a man made scrape that has been planted with native marginal plants such as Lesser reedmace – Typha angustifolia and Water mint – Mentha aquatica.

There is an extensive boardwalk and bridge over the river Maun that allows pedestrians to walk from Kings Mill reservoir through Oakham across Sheepbridge Lane onto Quarry Lane Walkway LNR and into Mansfield town centre.

Bird species recorded include Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Nightingale, Lesser and Common Whitethroat. As with other stretches of the river Maun there is an exceptionally high population of Water Voles using both the river and the man made scrape, with a colony of the British White-clawed Crayfish in the nearby Calder brook.

Butterflies present on the pLNR Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Brimstone and Common Blue.

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