Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh

Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Mawsley Marsh
Location	Northamptonshire
Grid reference	SP 809 766[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	12.3 hectares[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh is a 12.3-hectare (30-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Broughton in Northamptonshire.[1][2]

Birch Spinney is a rare type of ash-maple woodland partly on peat. Mawsley Marsh is described by Natural England as "one of the finest remaining Northamptonshire marshes", with flora including blunt-flowered rush, jointed rush and water horsetail. There is also a stretch of a dismantled railway line.[3]

There is no access to the site but a footpath from Great Cransley (not Mawsley) runs along the boundary of Mawsley Marsh.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
2. "Map of Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
3. "Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

52.382°N 0.812°W / 52.382; -0.812