Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Hampshire |
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Grid reference | SU 840 534 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 66.3 hectares (164 acres) |
Notification | 1993 |
Location map | Magic Map |
Eelmoor Marsh is a 66.3-hectare (164-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Fleet and Farnborough in Hampshire. It is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area for the conservation of wild birds.
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.
Eelmoor Marsh has been managed by Marwell Wildlife since 1995, 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
References
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Eelmoor Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "Map of Eelmoor Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- "Eelmoor Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "The Eelmoor Marsh Project" (PDF). Marwell Wildlife. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- "Marwell Wildlife Releases Britain's Rarest Lizard back to Eelmoor Marsh SSSI". Marwell Wildlife. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
51°16′26″N 0°47′49″W / 51.274°N 0.797°W / 51.274; -0.797
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