Nature reserves deemed to be of national importance, or controlled by a national-level body may be known as national nature reserves .
5-533: Monks Wood is a 157-hectare (390-acre) National Nature Reserve north-west of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire , and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. A slightly more extensive area of 169.3 hectares (418 acres) is the Monks Wood and The Odd Quarter biological Site of Special Scientific Interest . The site is described by Natural England as one of Britain's most essential lowland woods. It
10-754: A minister or the Conseil d'Etat. As of 2022 there are 168 natural nature reserves in France. Point of Ayre is designated as a national nature reserve by the Manx government. The North-Ossetian National Nature Reserve in the Caucasus Mountains is designated as a national nature reserve by the Russian government. In the United Kingdom, "national nature reserves" are those designed by one of
15-597: Is designated as a national nature reserve by the Chinese government. Soos National Nature Reserve was designated as a nature reserve by the government of the Czech Republic. Beauchêne Island was designated as a national nature reserve by the government of the Falkland Islands in 1964. In France, national nature reserves have been designated since 1976, and are designated by a decree from either
20-494: Is mainly of the wet ash-maple type, with a creamy shrub layer that was formerly coppiced. Trees include the rare wild service tree , particularly in The Odd Quarter. There is ground flora typical of ancient woodland, together with woodland rides, ponds, streams, and herb-rich grassland. Monks Wood was the site of an experimental biological research station of The Nature Conservancy from 1961 to 2009. The marsh tits in
25-491: The wood have been the subject of several studies. Beginning in 1961, a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) former barley field next to the station was allowed to naturally regenerate as a rewilding experiment. There is access to Monks Wood from the road, which runs along its southern boundary. The Odd Quarter is private property with no public access. National Nature Reserve Zhalong Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang province
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