Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Hampshire |
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Grid reference | SU 840 534 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 66.3 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]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Hampshire |
---|---|
Grid reference | SU 840 534 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 66.3 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]