Moorlinch SSSI
Notification 1985 | | |
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Moorlinch (
notified
in 1985.
Moorlinch is part of the extensive grazing marsh grasslands and ditch systems of the
King’s Sedgemoor Drain
.
The water table is high for most of the year with frequent winter flooding from high ground and surface water remaining on many fields throughout the winter and early spring. Moorlinch contains a good proportion of botanically rich ditch systems. Regularly
maintained field ditches are often species-rich and diverse. Notable species include Variable Damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum).[1]
References
- ^ "Moorlinch" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 17 August 2006.