Reedbed
Found between water and land, reedbeds are transitional habitats. They can form extensive swamps in lowland floodplains or fringe streams, rivers, ditches, ponds and lakes with a thin feathery…
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Barrow Haven Reedbed
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One of the most important of the series of disused flooded clay pits on the Humber Bank.
Filsham Reedbed
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A large reedbed with ditches and lagoons
Springwell Reedbed
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Springwell Reedbed is the largest reedbed in the London area. The wetland provides an important undisturbed refuge for wildlife in this built-up part of the Colne Valley.
Marbury Reedbed
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A reedbed with boardwalk trail and woodlands, part of Budworth Mere at Marbury Country Park
Drummains Reedbed
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An important coastal reserve for birdlife
Wolla Bank Reedbed
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Extensive reed bed.
Thatcham Reedbeds
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A great place for reedbed wildlife including a host of warblers and a variety of dragonflies and damselflies. You may also hear a cuckoo in spring.
Hen Reedbeds Nature Reserve
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Hen Reedbeds is a blend of reedbeds, fens, dykes and pools created in 1999 to provide new breeding habitat for bittern and other wildlife.
Lymington Reedbeds Nature Reserve
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Wonderfully wild reedbeds home to a host of fascinating wildlife
Raven
The raven is famous for being the imposing, all-black bird that guards the Tower of London. Wild birds live in forests, and upland and coastal areas in the north and west of the UK.
Sand and gravel
Sand and gravel can be found from the shoreline down to the deep sea, attracting a host of burrowing creatures.