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Site Contact Details
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Email: rainham.marshes@rspb.org.uk
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Tel: 01708 899840
Location
RSPB Rainham Marshes, New Tank Hill Rd, Purfleet, Essex, RM19 1SZ
Site Summary
- 411 hectares (1090 acres)ancient, low-lying grazing marsh in the Thames Estuary
- Many breeding and wintering birds including breeding waders, wildfowl and birds of prey
- Used as a military firing range for 100 years and the former military heritage can still be seen
Land of the Fanns Teacher Briefing
Some sites have a Teacher Briefing available at the top of the page, but the following download is a general Teacher Briefing for The Land of the Fanns. We recommend you download this briefing before visiting any of the sites listed on this resource.
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Landscape and Habitat
- Reedbeds
- Pools
- Tussocky wet grassland
- Woodland
Wildlife
- Wetland birds such as waders, ducks, marsh harriers
- Woodland species such as warblers, woodpeckers
- Marshland birdlife includes breeding waders, such as lapwing and redshank, important numbers of wintering wildfowl, waders and birds of prey
- Migrant birds such as bearded tits, migrant thrushes, finches, skylarks, meadow pipits, jackdaws, stonechats, black-tailed godwits, pintails, wigeons
- Birds of prey including marsh harriers, peregrines, short-eared owls, barn owls, avocets
- Insects such as dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, bees and crickets
- Water voles, stoats, weasels
