Little Downham Local Nature Reserve is a 6.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in

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. It is owned by Little Downham Parish Council and managed by Downham Parish Conservation Volunteers. The site consists of three areas of land, Pingle Wood, Myles Meadow and The Holts. Myles Meadow has two ponds and is seasonally grazed by cattle. Holts Meadow has a pond with many dragonflies and damselflies, including the

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and scarce chaser dragonflies. There is access to Myles Meadow and Pingle Wood from Hurst Lane, and Clayway Lane runs along the southern edge of Myles Meadow to The Holts.

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