Tottenham Marshes

The Tottenham Marshes are in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey. The marshes cover over  and became part of the Lee Valley Park Tottenham Marshes  Retrieved 14 November 2007 in 1972. The marsh has three main areas: Clendish Marsh, Wild Marsh West and Wild Marsh East. The River Lea flows between Wild Marsh West and East.

 Description 
The  marshes are one of the last examples of semi-natural wetland in Greater London. They contain many plants such as neutral grassland types, sedge marsh, reed swamp, sallow scrub and areas of tall herb vegetation. Plants and animals that are rare in other parts of London live here.

 Ecology 
Plants

Many species of plants are in the marsh including:
Wall bedstraw (Galium parisiense)
Yellow vetchling (Lathyrus aphaca)
Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Babington's poppy (Papaver dubilum)
Wurzell's wormwood  (Artemisia vulgaris × verlotiorum)

Butterflies

Brown argus (Aricia agestis)

Birds

Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

 References

Other websites
 Friends of Tottenham Marshes
 Tottenham Marshes information 

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