{{Short description|Nature reserve in Suffolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox park | name = Sandlings | image = Sandlings 10.jpg | image_caption = | type = Local Nature Reserve | grid_ref_UK = TM204445 | location = Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk | area = {{cvt|5.7|hectare}} | manager = East Suffolk council, Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council and The Greenways Countryside Project }} '''Sandlings''' is a {{convert|5.7|ha|acre|adj=on}} Local Nature Reserve in Rushmere St Andrew, on the eastern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by East Suffolk council, and managed by the council together with Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council and the Greenways Countryside Project.<ref name=LNR>{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=38&N=&ID=1539|title=Sandlings |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 27 March 2013 |accessdate =20 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=LNRmap>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271452097%27 |title=Map of Sandlings|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate =20 August 2017}}</ref>
This site has acid grassland, a wildflower meadow, and areas of scrub. Nearly 70 species of bird have been observed and 22 of butterfly, including the white-letter hairstreak.<ref name=LNR/>
There is access from Ditchingham Grove.
{{commonscat|Sandlings}}
==References== {{reflist}} {{coord| 52.056| 1.213 |type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}} {{Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk}}
Category:Local nature reserves in Suffolk