The reserve is 353-hectares in size. We are going to walk 3 miles along the paths and walk boards through the Reed beds with other bits of interest along the way. Last year, over 170 different bird species were seen on the reserve. Some of these birds may have travelled as far away as the Antarctic, with remarkable stories to their name. Take a closer look at the marsh and you will see a place brimming with smaller life too - butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, spiders - the abundance of which is difficult to match anywhere else.
Would you like to join me on a walk through Rainham Marshes?It is an area of natural marsh land lying in the Thames Gateway and is the easternmost part of my neighbourhood.The reserve is home to a diverse range of bird species, wetland plants and insects.It also has one of the most dense water vole populations in the country. There are only a few ancient landscapes left in London and this RSPB (Royal Society For Protection Of Birds) reserve is one of them. Are you ready?...Let's go............