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 | Donna Nook is jointly managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in co-operation with the landlords, the Ministry of Defence. |
| The Donna Nook reserve consists of 10km (6.25 miles) of coastline between Grainthorpe Haven in the north and Saltfleet in the south where it borders the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe National Nature Reserve. |
| Donna Nook is only the fourth National Nature Reserve to be declared by English Nature this year and is now one of six in Lincolnshire including Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR, Gibraltar Point NNR, The Wash NNR, and Bardney Limewoods NNR. |
| RAF-lincolnshire.info :: Donna Nook (289 words) |
| Initially Donna Nook was used as a bombing range and relief landing ground for squadrons at Armament Practice Camp at North Coates from 1927. |
| Later Donna Nook functioned as a decoy airfield for RAF North Coates, populated with dummy Blenheims. |
| Donna Nook closed in 1945 but reopened as a NATO bombing range and is still in regular use. |
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