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Stanpit Marsh is situated on the north side of Christchurch Harbour, just below the confluence of the rivers Avon and Stour. The 65 hectare site has an unusual combination of habitats including salt marsh with creeks and salt pans, reed beds, freshwater marsh, gravel estuarine banks and sandy scrub. It was designated as a Local Nature Reserve in 1964 and in 1986 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Marsh is home to over 300 species of plants, 14 of which are nationally rare and endangered. Read more in the 'about us' section...
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Location
Directions to Stanpit Marsh:
Click on the map above to get turn by turn directions from your location... Alternatively, here's the address for you to put into your GPS device. Stanpit Recreation Ground, BH233ND. See you here!
Birds, Plants & Insects on the Marsh
- Rare and Scarce Plants on the Marsh - take a look!
- see Nature Diary for Birds, Plants, Insects, Butterflies
- Descriptions of plants in our Gallery - New!
- Descriptions of insects in our Gallery - New!
- Become a Member of FOSM
- For more details about the birds on the Marsh see CHOG in links
- Do you have a comment or question to make to the FOSM panel of experts? Or see what others have said and see if you know the answers. Click here Have you seen this 'very attractive' spider?
News & events (click on it)
- Winter Diary on the Marsh
Find out what is happening on the marsh month by month - The Info Centre is OPEN (but only open to the public on weekends for the time being)
.. click here to find out what happened... also see the photos! - Next Coffee Morning 2009 TBA
Meet at the new Information Centre - Information resulting from the talk:
Bhutan: Kingdom of Rare Plants by Rosemary Legrand.
see more organised events