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Potteric Carr Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Potteric Carr, south of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England and managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust as their flagship - and largest - reserve.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Potteric Carr Nature Reserve: Introduction )〕 The reserve was established in 1968, and since then has been developed and extended and now covers . It comprises a mixture of habitats from open water and marsh through reed fen, wet woodland (carr land) and scrub.〔 In places, there are remnants of the kind of habitat that existed 300 years ago. The reserve has around of paths ( accessible to wheelchairs, unassisted), 14 viewing hides (10 suitable for people with disabilities) and a field centre with a café, where local produce is used whenever possible.〔 The reserve is bisected by railway lines〔 and has been designated by Natural England as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its reed fen communities.〔 == Wildlife == Among notable bird species at the reserve are overwintering bitterns.〔 Around 70 species breed there, including common kingfisher, grasshopper warbler, lesser spotted woodpecker and woodcock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wildlife )〕 Marsh plants include great spearwort, lesser water-plantain, lesser reedmace, greater tussock sedge, purple small-reed, great water dock, yellow-wort and traveller's-joy.〔 Twenty eight species of butterfly have been recorded including white-letter hairstreak, purple hairstreak and brown argus. Seventeen of the twenty species of dragonfly recorded are known to have bred.〔 Within the reserve is Sedum House, the head office of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers which also serves as a secondary office for YWT and also as the visitor centre and shop of the reserve. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potteric Carr Nature Reserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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