What is Tottenham Marshes?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} [[File:River lee.JPG|thumb|right|Wild Marsh West seen across the River Lea]] The '''Tottenham Marshes''' are in [[Tottenham]] in the [[London Borough of Haringey]]. The [[marshes]] cover over {{convert|100|acre|km2}} and became part of the [[Lee Valley Park]] <ref>[http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/leisure//nature_reserves___pa/marshes/marshes.aspx Tottenham Marshes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618215354/http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/leisure/nature_reserves___pa/marshes/marshes.aspx |date=2009-06-18 }} Retrieved 14 November 2007</ref> 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]]'' × ''[[Artemisia verlotiorum|verlotiorum]]'') '''Butterflies''' *[[Brown argus]] (''Aricia agestis'') '''Birds''' *[[Skylark]] (''Alauda arvensis'') *[[Short-eared owl]] (''Asio flammeus'') {{coord|51.595931|N|0.053832|W|display=title}} == References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090820162025/http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/about.html Friends of Tottenham Marshes] * [http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/leisure/nature_reserves/marshes/marshes.aspx Tottenham Marshes information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104200240/http://www.leevalleypark.org.