Claxby Spring
Parish: Claxby-by-Alford
OS: 122 • GR: TF 450714 • Map ref: 10
0.10 hectares (0.25acres) • Management agreement 1978
Habitat type: Marsh/Wetland
Location and Access
This small site lies beside the road in the village of Claxby, near Willoughby, and is close to Mill Hill Quarry and Hoplands Wood reserves.
Description and Management
Burlands Beck rises from a chalk cliff and forms a shallow pool of clear, cold water held in place by a dam. Freshwater shrimps and caddis larvae abound, and the little flatworm Crenobia alpina, a rare species found in lowland Britain in the cool headwaters of streams, lives under the stones. There are many birds to be seen here, including grey wagtail and dipper in winter, and in summer spotted flycatcher in the backcloth of trees.
