Hundreds of people attended a special event last weekend to mark the official opening of the large new wetlands habitat at Logan’s Meadow Local Nature Reserve in East Chesterton.

Visitors enjoyed live music, arts and crafts activities, children’s entertainment, a variety of stalls from local groups and guided walks around the site by the council’s biodiversity officers.

The council and the Friends of Logan Meadow have been working with local residents and river restoration specialists to create the new wetland habitats at the reserve, including open water, reedbeds, ditches and wet woodland. Once the new habitats have had a chance to grow and become established, they will provide ideal new locations for species including water voles, reed warblers, grass snakes, banded demoiselle butterflies, as well as breeding fish and amphibians.

The local nature reserve (LNR), which is located alongside the River Cam in East Chesterton, just opposite the Museum of Technology, is open to visitors seven days a week. It is one of the council’s core sites for nature within the city along with our 12 other reserves which form part of the wider Cambridge Nature Network, which links habitats in and around Cambridge to boost biodiversity.

The work at Logan’s Meadow LNR has largely been funded by the Green Recovery Fund, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority along with S106 contributions to offset development in the city.

Find out more about our local nature reserves.