Mill Stream Nature Reserve

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Suffolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Mill Stream Nature Reserve

| photo = Mill Stream Nature Reserve 7.jpg

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| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TM 210 443

| location = Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk

| area = 4.7 hectares

| manager = East Suffolk, Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council and the Greenways Countryside Project

}}

Mill Stream Nature Reserve is a 4.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rushmere St Andrew on the eastern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by East Suffolk District Council{{Cite web |title=Countryside sites » East Suffolk Council |url=https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/environment/countryside-sites/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk}} and managed by the council together with Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council and the Greenways Countryside Project.{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=38&N=&ID=1538|title=Mill Stream |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 27 March 2013|accessdate= 20 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271452096%27 |title=Map of Mill Stream|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 20 August 2017}}

This linear site along the banks of a stream also has ponds, wet carr, woodland, wildflower grassland and willow scrub. There are ancient oak trees, and fauna include water voles.{{cite web|url=http://rushmerestandrew.onesuffolk.net/health-and-leisure/local-nature-reserves/mill-stream-local-nature-reserve/|title=Mill Stream Local Nature Reserve|publisher=Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council|accessdate=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820224632/http://rushmerestandrew.onesuffolk.net/health-and-leisure/local-nature-reserves/mill-stream-local-nature-reserve/|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=dead}}

There is access from several roads including Kentwell Close and Euston Avenue.

{{commonscat|Mill Stream Nature Reserve}}