WALTHAMSTOW MARSHES: OUR COUNTRYSIDE UNDER THREAT   


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See video of Save The Marshes Campaign at work producing this document in 1979.
CONTENTS

Introduction
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Walthamstow Marshes: The Fen in the City:
Fact sheet of history and natural history

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The Issue
By Mike Knowles

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Walthamstow Marshes
By Mike Knowles

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Walthamstow Marshes - Our heritage
By David Gibbins

John Coe's 1822 map of Walthamstow Marshes, courtesy of Vestry House.

Sketch map of Walthamstow Marshes
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The flowering and non-flowering plants of Walthamstow Marshes
Brian Wurzell
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A survey of selected plant families
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General resumé of habitat types represented on the marshes
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Map of Walthamstow Marshes
J.D.Nash and D.J.Gibbins
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The flora of Walthamstow Marshes
Brian Wurzell
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Bird watching on Walthamstow Marshes
R. Topham
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Bird species list for Walthamstow Marshes
Graham Brandjes, Recorder,
Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust and Lea Valley Project
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The insects on Walthamstow Marshes
Harry Britton
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Checklist of insects on Walthamstow Marshes
Harry Britton
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The butterflies of Walthamstow Marshes
Brian Wurzell
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The moths of Walthamstow Marshes
Brian Wurzell
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The smaller moths
Brian Wurzell
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Appendix: The flora of Walthamstow Marshes
First supplement, January 1981
Brian Wurzell
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It is possible to download the original document (2007 version) from the Lea Valley Federation web site. You can find it if you click this link
  Lea Marshes   Botany

 


In 2012 various botanical surveys of Lea Marshes were compared.
To view this comparison table click this link.


** Source "Walthamstow Marsh - Our Countryside Under Threat" first published 1979 and revised 1981 which was the main campaigning document of the Save the Marshes Campaign (1979 -1985).

** Source reference for Brian Wurzell's survey data i.e "Walthamstow Marsh - Our Countryside Under Threat".
"What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower."

Wordsworth : Ode "Intimations".

This version is copyleft. Whilst some of the original material may belong to John Nash and the style of the 2007 reprint is the copyright of Mike Trier, the style of this HTML version is copyright free. This version has been published with the permission of Mike Trier and John Nash.


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