Frampton Marsh
Frampton Marsh is a nature reserve of 425 acres in Holland, the south-eastern part in Lincolnshire, on the coast of the Wash, some four miles from the town of Boston. It is laid out between the outfalls of the Rivers Welland and Witham (covering an area of mature salt marsh known as 'The Scalp'), and near the village of Frampton.
The marsh is a managed wetland, created by flooding farmland, which itself had been reclaimed from marshland in past generations. It incorporates an area of flooded land behind the sea dye and a natural Washland saltmarsh beyond it. The area, both sides of the sea wall, is grazed by cattle.
The majority of the reserve is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, with a small part of the saltmarsh managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. There is a small visitor centre at the entrance to the reserve.
- Location map: 52°55’35"N, 0°1’36"E
History
The majority of the site was purchased by the RSPB in 1984, but it was not until 2007, when arable farmland inland of the sea bank was purchased, that the wetland creation project began.[1]
Fauna and flora
Birds
Thousands of migrating birds gather at Frampton Marsh. Species which can be regularly observed here include pied avocet, common redshank and curlew. The reserve frequently sees nationally rare bird species appear, the majority of which are rare waders. These have included a black-winged stilt, broad-billed sandpiper and Wilson's phalarope during 2015[2] and a lesser yellowlegs during 2014.[2]
The site also the location of the first nesting attempt by a glossy ibis in the United Kingdom.[3]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "The making of Frampton Marsh". https://www.lincolnshirelife.co.uk/posts/view/the-making-of-frampton-marsh. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hudson, Nigel: 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2015' British Birds
- ↑ "Glossy ibis in nest attempt at Frampton Marshes". BBC News. 18 August 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28841072. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
