Fobbing Marsh Explained

Fobbing Marsh
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TQ 731 846
Location:Fobbing, Essex
Area:75.7 hectares
Manager:Essex Wildlife Trust

Fobbing Marsh is a 75.7hectare nature reserve east of Fobbing in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[1]

The site is mainly grazing marshes, but there are also areas of rough grassland, saltmarsh, seawalls and reedbed. Flowering plants include hairy buttercup, knotted hedge-parsley and the nationally rare least lettuce. There are breeding birds such as Corn buntings and yellow wagtails.[1]

There is access by a footpath from Marsh Lane.[1]

References

51.534°N 0.495°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fobbing Marsh . Essex Wildlife Trust . 3 November 2016.