Fowlmere RSPB reserve

Fowlmere Watercress Beds
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Fowlmere from the Reedbed Hide
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 406 454
InterestBiological
Area39.9 hectares
Notification1982
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Fowlmere is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve between Fowlmere and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a 39.9-hectare (99-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest called Fowlmere Watercress Beds.

Fowlmere's reedbeds and pools are fed by natural chalk springs and a chalk stream runs through the reserve. It has three hides, two of which are wheelchair-accessible. Special birds include kingfishers, water rails, sedge warblers, reed warblers and grasshopper warblers plus a roost of corn buntings in winter.