page_title: Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
section_title: Nature reserves
hierarchical_section_title: Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust / Nature reserves
caption_attribution_description: English: Worgreen Lake, Forest of Dean Small groups of Canada Geese, like this one, can be seen on Worgreen Lake - also known as Woorgreens Lake, which is just north of the main B4226 road that connects Cinderford to Coleford. Worgreen, in days gone by, was an open cast coal mine and the lake is what was left when mining operations finally finished. It is now the naturalised habitat of lots of fish, birds and insects.
context_page_description: The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is the Gloucestershire local partner in a conservation network of 46 Wildlife Trusts. The Wildlife Trusts are local charities with the specific aim of protecting the United Kingdom's natural heritage. The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees elected from its membership who provide overall direction for the development of the Trust and there are Advisory Committees. The work of the trust is carried out through staff and volunteers.
context_section_description: Gloucestershire is varied in scenery due to the geology.  It is also a mainly agricultural county and can be divided into four distinct regions being: the Cotswolds; The Severn Vale; Over Severn and the Forest of Dean. The areas include woodlands, grasslands, heathlands, scrub, standing water, marshes, bogs, floodlands, estuaries.
  The Trust has over 60 reserves throughout Gloucestershire, covering some 866 hectares or more. The Trust issued a reserves handbook in 1979, which has been updated at intervals with a supporting publication for 2009/2010 and for 2011 for the 50th Anniversary of the Trust. These reserves are either purchased or managed under agreement. The value of these reserves in respect of special and rare species is defined through national standards, and particularly through Natural England, which sets thresholds for 'favourable condition' status. Management Plans must be written for all nature reserves. The Trust's reserves are listed below and include Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs):
  Arle Grove
  Ashleworth Ham SSSI and Meerend Thicket
  Badgeworth SSSI
  Ban-y-gor Woods SSSI part of the Lower Wye Gorge SSSI
  Betty Daws Wood SSSI part of Dymock Woods SSSI
  Brassey SSSI part of the Brassey Reserve and the Windrush Valley SSSI
  Bryworth Lane part of the Cotswold Water Park group of reserves
  Cannop Bridge Marsh at Cannop Ponds
  Chaceley Meadow SSSI
  Chedworth
  Chosen Hill
  Clarke's Pool Meadows SSSI notified as Clarke's Pool Meadow
  Collin Park Wood SSSI notified as Collinpark Wood
  Coombe Hill Canal SSSI and Meadows
  Cutsdean Quarry
  Daneway Banks SSSI
  East Wood
  Edgehills Bog
  Edward Richardson and Phyllis Amey part of the Cotswold Water Park group of reserves
  Elliott SSSI notified as Swift's Hill
  Five Acre Grove
  Foxes Bridge Bog
  Frith Wood (Morley Penistan Memorial) SSSI part of Bull Cross, The Frith and Juniper Hill SSSI
  Frome Banks
  Greystones Farm (includes Salmonsbury Meadows SSSI)
  Gwen and Vera's Fields
  Hobbs Quarry SSSI
  Ketford Bank
  Lancaut SSSI part of the Lower Wye Gorge SSSI
  Laurie Lee Wood
  Laymoor Quag
  Lippets Grove (Offa's Dyke Path)
  Lower Woods SSSI
  Midger SSSI
  Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
  Mythe Railway
  Neu Lindsey
  Nind
  Oakenhill
  Old London Road SSSI notified as part of the Wotton Hill SSSI
  Pasqueflower SSSI notified as part of the Barnsley Warren SSSI
  Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry
  Poulton Wood
  Ridley Bottom
  Robinson's Wood
  Roundhouse Lake SSSI notified as part of the Cotswold Water Park SSSI
  Sapperton Valley
  Siccaridge Wood
  Small Reserve
  Snows Farm
  Spion Kop Quarry
  Stenders Quarry SSSI
  Strawberry Banks SSSI
  Stuart Fawkes SSSI notified as Box Farm Meadows
  The Park & Poor's Allotment
  The Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire (Community Green Space)
  Three Groves Wood
  Vell Mill Daffodil Meadow
  Whelford Pools SSSI notified as part of the Cotswold Water Park SSSI
  Wigpool
  Wimberry Quarries
  Wingmoor Farm Meadow
  Woorgreens Lake and Marsh
caption: Woorgreen's Lake, Forest of Dean nature reserve
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