Anton Crescent Wetland is a one hectare Local Nature Reserve in Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is owned by Sutton Council and managed by the council together with Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers.[1][2]

The site is operated as a flood storage wash for Pyl Brook by the Environment Agency, and there is no public access. The reserve has ponds, willow carr and reedbeds, and the ponds never dry out as the rock formation is Oxford Clay. The pools and mud provide a habitat for birds such as the green sandpiper and common snipe. In 2005/6 the Environment Agency funded the installation of a pond-dipping platform and boardwalk.[3]

The entrance to the site is kept locked, but the reserve can be viewed from a footpath running along the back fence.

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References

  1. ↑ "Anton Crescent Wetland". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Map of Anton Crescent Wetland". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Anton Crescent Wetland LNR". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.

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