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1 There are 29 nature reserves in ________ which cover 12% of Egyptian land.

2 Nature reserves may be designated by ________ institutions in some countries, or by private landowners, such as charities and research institutions, regardless of nationality.

3 Examples include unique alpine plants at Upper Teesdale and the beautiful field of fritillary lilies at North Meadow Cricklade, ________.

4 The reserve consists of five separate ________ valleys Lathkill, Cressbrook, Monk's, Long and Hay.

5 Many NNRs contain nationally important populations of rare flowers, ferns and mosses, butterflies and other insects, and nesting and wintering ________.

6 ________ Dales NNR lies within the Peak District National Park.

7 These five dales represent some of the best examples of wildlife and ________ in the White Peak.

8 The Lake District National Park covers almost the entire of the county of ________ and all the land in England above 3,00ft lies within the park.

9 Nature reserves fall into different ________ categories depending on the level of protection afforded by local laws.

10 ________ announced a plan from to build 40 nature reserves from 1997 to 2017, to help protect the natural resources and the culture and history of those areas.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • Portbury Ashlands is a new nature reserve on the site previously used to dump the waste from Portishead power stations?
  • Seacliff Lunatic Asylum (pictured) in New Zealand was plagued by landslips, a fatal fire in a locked psychiatric ward and allegations of abuse before reverting to a forest reserve?
  • the nature reserve RejvĂ­z in the Czech Republic is covered with a peat bog including two moss lakes of glacial origin?
  • Petticoat Hill, a nature reserve in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, is said to be named after laundry hung on a clothesline?
  • NiepoĹ‚omice Forest in Poland incorporates the most protected nature reserve inhabited by European bison called wisent (pictured), the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe?
  • Fowlsheugh cliffs attract 170,000 breeding seabirds annually, and may be one of the few nature reserves with more vertical than horizontal land area?
  • Ham Hill, a nature reserve managed by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, is one of only two confirmed sites in the county where Musk Orchid grows?
  • Holmöarna, an island group in the Gulf of Bothnia, forms the largest island nature reserve in Sweden?
  • Bridge Island Meadows is an inaccessible nature reserve on the floodplains of the Charles River in Massachusetts?
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