Nagshead

The reserve is open all year. Entrance and car parking are free. Facilities include; • Visitor centre and toilets (open at weekends during the summer). • Large car park. • Two viewing hides. • Two way-marked walks (1 mile and 2.25 miles). • Picnic area. • Information boards. ==Flora and Fauna==

Birds Birdlife in the reserve includes great spotted woodpecker, Eurasian nuthatch, northern goshawk and common buzzard. Breeding birds include common redstart, pied flycatcher, and common crossbill and wood warbler, some typical species of woodlands in the west of Britain. Redwing, hawfinch and Eurasian woodcock can be found in winter. Other wildlife More than 30 different butterflies and 20 dragonflies and damselflies have been seen at Nagshead. 8 of Britain's 12 reptiles and amphibians breed here; common lizard, slowworm, adder, grass snake, common frog, common toad, smooth newt and palmate newt. Wild boar also roam Nagshead, but these are rarely seen. ==Nagshead SSSI==

A relatively small area of Nagshead reserve is designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. This comprises 120.12 hectares and lies adjacent to the Nagshead Plantation, with the B4234 running through the middle of it. It is in the region of Nagshead Hill, Cleave Hill and Fetter Hill. ==References==