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Marshalls Heath Nature Reserve (Wheathampstead)
Contact Dr John Murray, Hertfordshire Butterfly Recorder
'Field End'Marshalls Heath
Wheathampstead
Herts
AL4 8HS
email: j.b.murray@open.ac.uk
or Trevor Chapman
Web pages: www.wheathampstead.net/mh/index.htm
Marshalls Heath is Wheathampstead's first nature reserve , being established in 1969 . It lies about a mile west of the village just north of the Lower Luton Road opposite the "Cherry Trees" restaurant. Marshalls Heath Lane runs through the middle of the reserve, which is owned by Wheathampstead Parish Council.
The size of the reserve is only 3.6 hectares, and consists of a small fragment of acid grass heath dominated by secondary woodland and scrub, but it is remarkable for its very high biodiversity, more than 1,900 species of plant and animal having been recorded there in recent years, including more than 40 species now on national lists of threatened species.
It is listed as one of only five key sites in Hertfordshire for butterflies and moths in Butterfly Conservation's Regional Action Plan for the Thames region.
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