Representation by Mandy Holland
- Date submitted
- 30 March 2021
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- Members of the public/businesses
I do a lot of Bird Watching and walking on the Swanscombe Marshes and love seeing all the amazing bird life that we have there. There are lots of reeds and marsh land that the birds and wildlife thrive on, a variety of insects which in turn feed the birds. I pay to go to some RSPB sites and they do not have some of there rare birds that are found at Swanscombe. There is also the critically endangered Distinguished Jumping spider that are only found here and across the river. There are also rare bees that inhabit the swanscombe marshes. If you look up you may witness the two Marsh Harrier's that also live there high up in the trees. The whole site is really a haven for wildlife and also a haven for humans to go and be among all of the wildlife, we do not have many places like this that I can walk to from my house and I absolutely love it and would be devastated it if was taken away from me and all the wildlife that reside there.