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John Weston Nature Reserve

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Type
  
Nature reserve

Area
  
3.6 hectares

Management
  
Essex Wildlife Trust

OS grid
  
TM 266 245

Managed by
  
Essex Wildlife Trust

John Weston Nature Reserve

Location
  
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

John Weston Nature Reserve is a 3.6 hectare nature reserve north of Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

This site is named after its former warden, who died in 1984. It has rough grassland, blackthorn and bramble scrub and four ponds. Nesting brids include the lesser and common whitethroat, and there are flora such as slender thistle, pepper saxifrage and fenugreek.

There is access from Naze Park Road.

References

John Weston Nature Reserve Wikipedia