Eelmoor Marsh

{{Short description|Site of Special Scientific Interest in Great Britain}}

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|name= Eelmoor Marsh

|aos= Hampshire

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|66.3|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1993

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Eelmoor Marsh is a {{convert| 66.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Fleet and Farnborough in Hampshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000162&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Eelmoor Marsh| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 May 2020}}{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000162%27|title=Map of Eelmoor Marsh|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 10 May 2020}} It is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area for the conservation of wild birds.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012141&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title= Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths | series= Special Protection Areas |publisher=Natural England|access-date = 4 May 2020}}

This site has a bog with deep peat, grass heath, woodland and a network of ditches. The bog has more than 250 species of flowering plants and grasses, including the insectivorous common butterwort, pale butterwort, small bladderwort and common sundew. There is also a diverse invertebrate fauna.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000162.pdf |title=Eelmoor Marsh citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 10 May 2020}}

Eelmoor Marsh has been managed by Marwell Wildlife since 1995,{{cite web |url= https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/other/eelmoor_marsh_project_20th_anniversary.pdf |title= The Eelmoor Marsh Project |publisher= Marwell Wildlife |access-date= 13 April 2021 |archive-date= 13 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210413103010/https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/other/eelmoor_marsh_project_20th_anniversary.pdf |url-status= dead }} including conservation grazing using the endangered Przewalski's horse and as a site for the reintroduction of the sand lizard, one of the U.K.'s rarest reptiles{{cite web|url= https://www.marwell.org.uk/conservation/news/61/marwell-wildlife-releases-britains-rarest-lizard-back-to-eelmoor-marsh-sssi |title=Marwell Wildlife Releases Britain's Rarest Lizard back to Eelmoor Marsh SSSI|publisher=Marwell Wildlife|access-date= 13 April 2021}}