Southfield Farm Marsh
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Northamptonshire |
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| Grid reference | SP 884 758[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 8.6 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Southfield Farm Marsh is an 8.6-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kettering in Northamptonshire.[1][2] An area of 2.8 hectares is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]
The wetland has tall plants such as lesser pond-sedge and slender tufted-sedge, which provides cover for reed buntings and sedge warblers. Mammals include otters, and there are birds such as red kites and buzzards. Purple loosestrife is found in grassland areas.[3]
There is access to the nature reserve by a footpath from Polwell Lane, but the rest of the site is private land with no public access.
