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Snakeholme Pit

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Snakeholme Pit is a reserve near Langworth in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Butterfly Conservation manages this reserve. It is 2 acres.

Species seen include Water Vole, Water Shrew, Banded Demoiselle, Dragon fly, Common Blue, Essex Skipper, Purple Hairstreak, White Admiral, Emperor Moth, Rosy Footman, Elephant Hawk-moth.

The grassland is carefully managed by volunteers from the Lincoln Conservation Group.

The site is not open to the public, though permission to enter can be obtained from the site manager, who lives locally. The steep-sided pit is water-filled and caution is needed to avoid falling in.

References

Snakeholme Pit Wikipedia


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