Lockington Marshes

{{Infobox SSSI |image= Lockington Marshes 4.jpg |image_caption = |name= Lockington Marshes |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 487 301 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 11.3 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000882%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Lockington Marshes''' is an {{convert|11.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] north of [[Ratcliffe on Soar]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000882&SiteName=locking&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Lockington Marshes | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 5 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000882%27|title=Map of Lockington Marshes|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 5 November 2017}}</ref>

This site in the floodplains of the [[River Soar]] and [[River Trent]] has a periodically flooded meadow, pools and one of the largest areas of willow [[Carr (landform)|carr]] in the county. The invertebrate fauna includes nationally rare beetles and flies, and scarce species such as the [[water beetle]] ''[[Batenus livens]]'' and the [[weevil]] ''[[anthribus fasciatus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000882.pdf |title=Lockington Marshes citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref>

The site is private land with no public access.

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Lockington Marshes}}

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