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Bedford Purlieus National Nature Reserve

 * ... that 211 ha of woodland near Peterborough, UK, has recorded 462 species of plants?
 * Comment: worked on at my sandbox during November before pasting it to the existing stub page

5x expanded by RobinLeicester (talk). Self nom at 13:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg A great article, well written, more than long enough and well referenced (as far as I can tell). Hook is good as well. Almost passes, but I do have a couple of minor concerns.
 * Firstly, the line "The irony of the new plantations is that they gave a commercial and strategic purpose, namely to provide local fuel for the mid-20th century iron smelting industry based at Corby. Without that, it seems highly likely the woodland would have been grubbed up altogether", in the Conservation and public access section, contains weasel words ("seems highly likely" - maybe state who said this in the text, along with the citation) and seems editorialised ("The irony of"). Also I think that the area of the SSSI should be stated in the body text (and referenced) as it is a hook stat. Additionally you don't need references in the lead section if those summarised statements are made later in the body text, as per WP:MOSLEAD (but this isn't a problem for DYK, just a tip).
 * Get these sorted at it will pass well. Cheers, Zangar (talk) 11:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for review. I have tried a re-working of the Conservation text, using a direct quote from Peterken, which I hope will improve it. Also, added area to NNR section and moved all lead refs to main body. RobinLeicester (talk) 01:09, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg All concerns fixed, DYK is good to go. A great example of an SSSI artcle! Zangar (talk) 04:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)