Cottage Bottom Fields
{{Short description|Nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England}}
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Cottage Bottom Fields is a 14.1 hectare local nature reserve in Dunstable in Bedfordshire. It is owned and managed by Central Bedfordshire Council.{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=&ID=702|title= Cottage Bottom Fields|series= Local Nature Reserves|publisher= Natural England|date= 18 February 2013|accessdate= 23 September 2015|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150925093828/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=&ID=702|archivedate= 25 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009388%27 |title=Map of Cottage Bottom Fields|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 23 September 2015}}
The site is chalk grassland on a steep slope, and the wide variety of flowers include what may be the largest population of pignut in the country. Birds include Northern wheatears, European stonechat, whinchat and ring ouzels.
See also
- [http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/environment/countryside/countryside-sites/countryside-sites-in-luton-dunstable.aspx Countryside sites in South Central Bedfordshire, Central Bedfordshire Council]
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