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Minsmere reedbed and water management
The reedbeds at Minsmere (and some other sites on the Suffolk coast) were created
when the coastal grazing marsh was flooded for defence reasons in 1940. By 1947
when the site became an Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (http://www.rspb.org.uk/)
reserve it already had extensive reedbeds and open water. Since then the reedbeds
have been managed by:
- Reed-cutting;
- Scrub clearance;
- Water level manipulation;
- Lowering of reedbed surface;
- Herbicide treatment.
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Further guidance: This is a classic reserve where much pioneering
work on habitat creation has been undertaken. There are numerous publications
describing the reserve and its management, including:
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References
Axell, H. & Hoskings, E.
1977.
Minsmere: Portrait of a Bird Reserve. Hutchinson, London, 256 pp.
Smith, K., Welch, G., Tyler, G., Gilbert, G., Hawkins, I. & Hirons, G.
2000.
Management of RSPB Minsmere reserve reedbeds and its impact on breeding bitterns.
British Wildlife, 12/1., 16-21.
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