English Nature

NATIONAL PARKS AND ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1949

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

DECLARATION OF NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE

PARISH OF WHIXALL, COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of section 19 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and section 35 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, that by the Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve No 3 Declaration 2005, made on 22 September 2005, English Nature declared that the land having a total area of 9.66 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the parish of Whixall, in the county of Shropshire, and shown single hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is being held by English Nature and managed as a nature reserve. This declaration is additional to the land previously declared, which is shown un-hatched and shaded yellow on the attached maps. Certified copies of the Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve No 3 Declaration 2005 have been deposited for public inspection, free of charge, during normal office hours at the offices of Shropshire County Council, North Shropshire District Council and at the offices of English Nature at Attingham Park, Shrewsbury; Manor House Farm, Whixall and Northminster House, Peterborough. A Hearle, on behalf of English Nature 22 September 2005.