St Margaret's Marsh
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 St Margaret's Marsh looking Southeast. | |
  Location within Fife | |
| Coordinates | 56°01′08″N 3°24′55″W / 56.018835°N 3.415292°W |
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| Interest | Habitat |
St Margaret's Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) located on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth between North Queensferry and Rosyth in Fife, Scotland .[1]
St Margaret's Marsh site of special scientific interest features reedbed and transition saltmarsh[1] situated immediately above the water mark of the Firth of Forth, which features a stone faced seawall is along its length.[2]
13.7 hectares (34 acres) of the SSSI is reedbed. It is formed mostly of common reed and is the largest coastal reedbed in the Firth of Forth and one of the largest reedbeds in Fife.[2]
2.25 hectares (5.6 acres) of the SSSI is saltmarsh.[2]