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| | Charnwood Lodge |
 | | The area covered by the reserve was originally part of the Charnwood Forest 'wastes' and the now familiar stone walls were erected during the enclosure period of the early 19th Century, followed by a period of afforestation and drainage. |
 | | Gisborne's Gorse, the largest area of woodland on the reserve, was planted during the later part of the 19th Century and is mainly mixed oak, pine, sycamore and spruce, although a number of exotic species such as coastal redwood, wellingtonia and various pines are to be found in certain areas. |
 | | Charnwood Lodge is also important for bats; both species of pipistrelle and the rare Natterer's breed here, and brown long-eared and noctule are also recorded. |
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