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Cley Marshes

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 29, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)



Cley Marshes is a nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England just outside the village of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Cley Marshes protects an area of reed beds, freshwater marsh, pools and wet meadows and has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to the large numbers of birds it attracts. The reserve is important for some scarce breeding species, such as pied avocets on the islands, and western marsh harriers, Eurasian bitterns and bearded reedlings in the reeds, and is also a major migration stopoff and wintering site. There are also several nationally or locally scarce invertebrates and plants specialised for this coastal habitat. The reserve an environmentally friendly visitor centre and five bird hides. The reserve attracts large numbers of visitors, contributing significantly to the economy of Cley village. Despite centuries of embankment to reclaim land and protect the village, the marshes have been flooded many times, and the southward march of the coastal shingle bank and encroachment by the sea make it inevitable that the reserve will eventually be lost.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 8 June
 * Main editors: Jimfbleak, MeegsC
 * Promoted: 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: matching summer
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Provisional Oppose . This article has badly dated since its promotion, through no fault of its writers; Cley Marshes suffered major damage in the 2013–2014 United Kingdom winter floods, and the article needs rewriting to reflect that since that's likely the only thing most readers will know about it. – iridescent  21:40, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's now been updated. MeegsC (talk) 17:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Support as one of the main editors. MeegsC (talk) 18:10, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support: nice article. Praemonitus (talk) 19:17, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support This is a really nice article that will be great on the front page. RO (talk)  20:41, 16 July 2015 (UTC)