Cam Washes

Cam Washes

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL 536 712[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	166.5 hectares[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Cam Washes is a 166.5-hectare (411-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire.^[1][2]

This site on the banks of the River Cam is composed of pastures which are seasonally flooded. It is described by Natural England as an important site for wintering and breeding wildfowl and waders. Breeding birds include snipe, common redshank, gadwall, Eurasian teal and northern shoveler.^[3]

There is access from the Fen Rivers Way, which goes through the site.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Cam Washes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. "Map of Cam Washes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
3. "Cam Washes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

External links

• The British Trust for Ornithology (2006) A survey and assessment of the birds of the Cam Washes and Berry Fen SSSIs, Cambridgeshire, focussing on breeding and wintering waterbirds

52.317°N 0.252°E / 52.317; 0.252