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nature reserve

British  

noun

  1. an area of land that is protected and managed in order to preserve a particular type of habitat and its flora and fauna which are often rare or endangered

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Surrey Wildlife Trust has introduced 30 nationally-endangered water voles to a nature reserve near Elstead.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Longford Park, as well as being a nature reserve, also acts as a public path, connecting the Coventry Building Society Arena and the Coventry Canal.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Firefighters hacked their way through boggy terrain overnight to fully surround Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, but crews were still battling numerous flare-ups in the High Fens nature reserve.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Walter and his wife bought a nature reserve in Florida and ski-town real estate in Colorado.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“One of the biggest in the nineteenth century. Much of this area is a nature reserve now.”

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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