Area of Search Cambridgeshire Interest Biological Location map Magic Map Phone +44 1954 713500 | Grid reference TL 611 726 Area 33.8 hectares Address Soham, Ely CB7 5DA, UK Notification 1984 | |
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Soham Wet Horse Fen is a 33.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Soham in Cambridgeshire. A 3.6 hectare field in the north-west corner is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire as Soham Meadow.
This site is neutral grassland with diverse fauna and flora, including uncommon ones. Wetter areas have herbs such as green-winged orchids and adder’s tongue fern, and there are cowslips and stemless thistles in drier parts. snipe breed in wet pastures.
There is access to Soham Meadow by a footpath from Soham.
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