Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has announced it has taken over ownership of an area of land called Dixon Meadows.
The land runs alongside the River Wylye and Millstream next to the Trust’s Langford Lakes nature reserve in Steeple Langford.
Ownership of Dixon Meadows has been transferred from CH Dixon Charitable Trust (DCT), which originally bought the land in 2000 to protect it for wildlife and people.
It has since been managed for the benefit of the local community with the objectives of enhancing wildlife conservation, education in conservation and the quality of the river for fishing.
The name Dixon Meadows was given in recognition of all the hard work the DCT Trustees Miss Anne Dixon and Miss June Taylor had put into managing the land for wildlife and local people until they died.
Samantha Stork, Head of Conservation at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, said: “We are delighted to have added Dixon Meadows to the portfolio of land that we manage for nature across Wiltshire and Swindon. We’re very grateful to CH Dixon Charitable Trust for taking good care of the land for wildlife and people up until now.
"We will soon conduct ecological surveys and start carrying out conservation work that will further enhance the land for nature and attract more wildlife. We will ensure that Dixon Meadows is an enhanced haven for both the local wildlife and the community to enjoy for many years to come.”
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