# Howlands Marsh

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{{Short description|Nature reserve in Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{infobox park
| name          = Howlands Marsh
| image         = Flag Creek - geograph.org.uk - 1356529.jpg
| image_caption = 
| type          = Nature reserve
| grid_ref_UK   = TM 115 169
| location      = St Osyth, Essex
| area          = {{cvt|29.9|hectare}}
| manager       = Essex Wildlife Trust
}}
'''Howlands Marsh''' is a {{convert|29.9|hectare|acre|adj=on}} nature reserve north-east of [St Osyth](/source/St_Osyth) in [Essex](/source/Essex). It is managed by the [Essex Wildlife Trust](/source/Essex_Wildlife_Trust).<ref name=EWT>{{cite web|url = http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/howlands-marsh |title = Howlands Marsh |publisher = Essex Wildlife Trust |accessdate = 3 November 2016}}</ref> It is part of the [Colne Estuary](/source/Colne_Estuary) [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000666.pdf |title=Colne Estuary citation |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=23 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208152008/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000666.pdf |archivedate=8 December 2015 }}</ref> [Special Protection Area](/source/Special_Protection_Area)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2018-theme=default |title= Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee |accessdate= 3 November 2016 |archive-date= 4 November 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161104080109/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2018-theme=default |url-status= dead }}</ref> and [Ramsar site](/source/Ramsar_site),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/RIS/UK11015.pdf|publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|title=Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) |accessdate  =2 November 2016}}</ref> and the Blackwater Flats and Marshes [Nature Conservation Review](/source/Nature_Conservation_Review) site.<ref>{{cite book|first=Derek |last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=7–8 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }}</ref>

This site is marshy grassland, which is low lying and hummocky, and divided by water channels. There are also areas of saltmarsh, which has [sea wormwood](/source/sea_wormwood) and [golden samphire](/source/golden_samphire). Breeding birds include [reed warbler](/source/reed_warbler)s, [skylarks](/source/Eurasian_skylark), [lapwing](/source/lapwing)s and [reed bunting](/source/reed_bunting)s.<ref name=EWT/>

There is access by a footpath from the B1027 road.<ref name=EWT/>
==References==
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Category:Essex Wildlife Trust
Category:St Osyth

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