Misplaced Pages

Tailby Meadow
Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Desborough, Northamptonshire
OS grid	SP 815 827
Area	4.9 hectares
Managed by	Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Tailby Meadow is a 4.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Desborough in Northamptonshire. It is owned by Kettering Borough Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Artificial fertilisers have never been used on this hay meadow, and it has not been ploughed for several hundred years. There are fifteen species of grass and diverse wild flowers, including black knapweed, lady's bedstraw and lady's smock, which is a food source for the orange tip butterfly.

The site can be accessed from the leisure centre off The Broadlands.

References

1. "Tailby Meadow". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
2. "Map of Tailby Meadow". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
3. "Welcome to Tailby Meadow Local Nature Reserve" (PDF). Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

52°26′10″N 0°48′11″W / 52.436°N 0.803°W / 52.436; -0.803

• Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire reserves
• Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire
• Desborough