Cam Washes

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|image= The River Cam Washes at Upware - geograph.org.uk - 321939.jpg

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|name= Cam Washes

|aos= Cambridgeshire

|interest=Biological

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|area= 166.5 hectares

|notifydate= 1986

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004020%27 Magic Map]

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Cam Washes is a {{convert|166.5|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004020&SiteName=cam&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Cam Washes | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 29 November 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004020%27 |title=Map of Cam Washes|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 29 November 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004020.pdf|title=Cam Washes citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=29 November 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024194529/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004020.pdf|archivedate=24 October 2012}}

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