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Quoisley Meres

Index Quoisley Meres

Quoisley Meres refers to two meres, Quoisley Big Mere and Quoisley Little Mere, near the village of Marbury, in Cheshire, England. [1]

44 relations: Alnus glutinosa, Aquatic plant, Beetle, Calamagrostis canescens, Carex disticha, Carex riparia, Cheshire, Cheshire Plain, Cirsium dissectum, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Drainage basin, Eel, Gadwall, Garganey, Grassland, Hemiptera, Invertebrate, Kettle (landform), Last glacial period, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cheshire, Marbury, Cheshire, Mere (lake), Natural England, Nature reserve, Northern pike, Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea alba, Nymphaeaceae, Ramsar Convention, Reed bed, Ruddy duck, Rutilus, Schoenoplectus, Sedimentation, Shropshire, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Tench, Thelypteris palustris, Trophic state index, Trout, Typha angustifolia, Water pollution, Whitchurch, Shropshire, Wirswall.

Alnus glutinosa

Alnus glutinosa, the common alder, black alder, European alder or just alder, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa.

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Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

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Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.

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Calamagrostis canescens

Calamagrostis canescens, known as purple small-reed, is a species of grass in the Poaceae family, native to Europe and western Siberia.

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Carex disticha

Carex disticha is a Eurasian species of sedge known as the brown sedge or, in North America, tworank sedge.

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Carex riparia

Carex riparia, the greater pond sedge, is a species of sedge found across Europe and Asia.

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Cheshire Plain

The Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland almost entirely within the county of Cheshire in North West England.

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Cirsium dissectum

Cirsium dissectum, also known as meadow thistle, is an erect perennial herb.

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Dodcott cum Wilkesley

Dodcott cum Wilkesley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Eel

An eel is any ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and about 800 species.

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Gadwall

The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.

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Garganey

The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck.

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Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.

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Hemiptera

The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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Kettle (landform)

A kettle (kettle hole, pothole) is a shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.

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Last glacial period

The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period years ago.

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cheshire

There are 63 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cheshire, England, covering a total area of 19,844 hectares (49,035 acres).

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Marbury, Cheshire

Marbury is a small village located at in the civil parish of Marbury cum Quoisley, within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Mere (lake)

Mere in English refers to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth, e.g. Martin Mere.

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Natural England

Natural England is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Northern pike

The northern pike (Esox lucius), known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, most of Canada, and most parts of the United States (once called luce when fully grown; also called jackfish or simply "northern" in the U.S. Upper Midwest and in Manitoba), is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (the pikes).

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Nuphar lutea

Nuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily, or brandy-bottle, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.

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Nymphaea alba

Nymphaea alba, also known as the European white water lily, white water rose or white nenuphar, is an aquatic flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae.

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Nymphaeaceae

Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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Reed bed

Reed beds are natural habitats found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions, and estuaries.

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Ruddy duck

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks.

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Rutilus

Rutilus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia.

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Schoenoplectus

Schoenoplectus (club-rush, bulrush or tule) is a genus of plants in the sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution.

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Sedimentation

Sedimentation is the tendency for particles in suspension to settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Tench

The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the cyprinid family found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers.

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Thelypteris palustris

Thelypteris palustris, the marsh fern, or eastern marsh fern, is a fern native to eastern North America and across Eurasia.

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Trophic state index

Trophic State Index (TSI) is a classification system designed to rate bodies of water based on the amount of biological activity they sustain.

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Trout

Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

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Typha angustifolia

Typha angustifolia L. (also lesser bulrush, narrowleaf cattail or lesser reedmace) is a perennial herbaceous plant of genus Typha.

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Water pollution

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.

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Whitchurch, Shropshire

Whitchurch is a market town in northern Shropshire, England.

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Wirswall

Wirswall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, located at SJ544441 near the Shropshire border, around 1½ miles north of Whitchurch.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoisley_Meres

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