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Eelmoor Marsh

Eelmoor Marsh

Site of Special Scientific Interest in Great Britain

Eelmoor Marsh is a 66.3-hectare (164-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Fleet and Farnborough in Hampshire.[1][2] It is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area for the conservation of wild birds.[3]

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This site has a bog with deep peat, grass heath, woodland and a network of ditches. The bog has more than 250 species of flowering plants and grasses, including the insectivorous common butterwort, pale butterwort, small bladderwort and common sundew. There is also a diverse invertebrate fauna.[4]

Eelmoor Marsh has been managed by Marwell Wildlife since 1995,[5] including conservation grazing using the endangered Przewalski's horse and as a site for the reintroduction of the sand lizard, one of the U.K.'s rarest reptiles[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Designated Sites View: Eelmoor Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Map of Eelmoor Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Eelmoor Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. [5]
    "The Eelmoor Marsh Project" (PDF). Marwell Wildlife. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Marwell Wildlife Releases Britain's Rarest Lizard back to Eelmoor Marsh SSSI". Marwell Wildlife. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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