Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh

Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Mawsley Marsh
LocationNorthamptonshire
Grid referenceSP 809 766[1]
InterestBiological
Area12.3 hectares[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh is a 12.3-hectare (30-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Broughton in Northamptonshire.[1][2]

Birch Spinney is a rare type of ash-maple woodland partly on peat. Mawsley Marsh is described by Natural England as "one of the finest remaining Northamptonshire marshes", with flora including blunt-flowered rush, jointed rush and water horsetail. There is also a stretch of a dismantled railway line.[3]

There is no access to the site but a footpath from Great Cransley (not Mawsley) runs along the boundary of Mawsley Marsh.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Map of Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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