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Snakeholme Pit

Coordinates: 53°13.7610′N 0°19.7152′W / 53.2293500°N 0.3285867°W / 53.2293500; -0.3285867
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Snakeholme Pit
Snakeholme Pit is located in Lincolnshire
Snakeholme Pit
LocationLangworth, Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates53°13.7610′N 0°19.7152′W / 53.2293500°N 0.3285867°W / 53.2293500; -0.3285867
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Created2013 (2013)
Owned byButterfly Conservation

Snakeholme Pit is a nature reserve near Langworth in the county of Lincolnshire, England, managed and owned by Butterfly Conservation. It spans 2 acres.[1]

Animals seen at Snakeholme Pit include the European water vole, the water shrew, the banded demoiselle, the common blue, the Essex skipper, the purple hairstreak, the emperor moth, the rosy footman and, the elephant hawk-moth.[1]

The grassland is carefully managed by volunteers from the Lincoln Conservation Group.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Snakesholme Pit". Butterfly Conservation. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Places: Snakesholme Pit". Lincoln Conservation Group. Retrieved 10 May 2013.