Eelmoor Marsh

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Eelmoor Marsh
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Highland Cattle at Eelmoor Marsh (geograph 2451908).jpg
Location Hampshire
Grid reference SU 840 534 [1]
InterestBiological
Area66.3 hectares (164 acres) [1]
Notification 1993 [1]
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. [1] [2] It is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area for the conservation of wild birds. [3]

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]

Some photos of notable species at Eelmoor Marsh Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Fighting Sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) 4295304.jpg Male sand lizards (fighting).

Mongolian Wild Horse (8368865828).jpg Wild horse.


Fauvette pitchou Ichkeul064.jpg Dartford warbler.


Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) (50791599888).jpg Eurasian nightjar.

References

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

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