Wandle Valley Wetland

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Wandle Valley Wetland is a 0.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is owned by the Council and managed by the Council together with Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers. [1] [2]

The site has open water and seasonal pools, scrub and wet woodland. There are frogs, toads and newts, together with Brown Hawker dragonflies and birds including blackcaps and wrens. [1] [3]

The entrance in Budge Lane is kept locked and there is no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wandle Valley Wetland". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. "Map of Wandle Valley Wetland". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. "Wandle Valley Wetland LNR". London Borough of Sutton. Retrieved 28 March 2014.


Coordinates: 51°23′06″N0°09′50″W / 51.3850°N 0.1640°W / 51.3850; -0.1640