Fobbing Marsh

Fobbing Marsh
Type Nature reserve
Location Fobbing, Essex
OS grid TQ 731 846
Area 75.7 hectares
Managed by Essex Wildlife Trust

Fobbing Marsh is a 75.7 hectare 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

  1. 1 2 3 "Fobbing Marsh". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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Coordinates: 51°32′02″N 0°29′42″E / 51.534°N 0.495°E / 51.534; 0.495

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