Editing Titchwell Marsh (section)

===Other animals and plants===
[[File:Titchwell saltmarsh - geograph.org.uk - 789979.jpg|Saltmarsh behind the beach|thumb]]
[[European water vole|Water voles]] are an endangered species in the UK, with a huge decline in numbers, mainly due to predation by the introduced [[American mink]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Victoria |title=Extinction: Quarter of UK mammals 'under threat' |work=BBC News |date=30 July 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53585627 |access-date=30 July 2020 |quote=Familiar animals - the red squirrel and the water vole - have been put in the second most urgent category of Endangered.}}</ref> They are still common at Titchwell, which is one of a number of [[East Anglia]]n sites now of national importance for this species.<ref name=pennine>{{cite web | title= Water voles in the North Pennines | url= http://www.northpennines.org.uk/Lists/DocumentLibrary/Attachments/156//Watervoles.pdf | publisher= North Pennines AONB Partnership | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140729202427/http://www.northpennines.org.uk/Lists/DocumentLibrary/Attachments/156//Watervoles.pdf | archive-date= 2014-07-29 }} Retrieved 9 November 2011.</ref> Both [[harbour seal|common]] and [[grey seal]]s can be seen off the beach.<ref name= Taylor>Taylor (2009) pp. 136–137.</ref> Other [[vertebrate]]s include [[European eel]]s, [[common toad]]s and [[three-spined stickleback]]s.<ref name =hammond/>

In summer, the dragonfly pond can hold up to ten species of [[Odonata|dragonflies and damselflies]].<ref name = rspbseas/> The nationally scarce moth [[Senta flammea|flame wainscot]] has bred at Titchwell since 1996;<ref name= cadbury>{{cite journal | last= Cadbury | first= James | year= 2001| title= Lepidoptera recording at RSPB reserves, 1999 and 2000 | journal= Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin | volume= 2 | page= 4 }}</ref> other [[Lepidoptera]] may include migrants such as the [[Vanessa cardui|painted lady]],<ref name= Taylor/> the [[diamondback moth]],<ref name = angle>{{cite web | author= Clifton, Jon | title= Species List for Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk | url= http://www.angleps.com/Species%20List%20for%20Titchwell%20RSPB.pdf | publisher= Jon Clifton Entomological Surveys | access-date= 12 November 2011 | archive-date= 25 April 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161047/http://www.angleps.com/Species%20List%20for%20Titchwell%20RSPB.pdf | url-status= dead }} Retrieved 12 November 2011.</ref> and especially the [[silver Y]], which can occur in huge numbers; 90,000 were recorded on the reserve in July 2010, feeding on [[Limonium binervosum|sea lavender]].<ref name=atropos>{{cite web|title=Migrant insect review – End of July 2010 |work=Migrant insect summaries |url=http://www.atropos.info/news.html |publisher=Atropos |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161047/http://www.atropos.info/news.html |archive-date=2012-04-25 }} Retrieved 12 November 2011.</ref>

The saltmarsh contains [[Salicornia|glassworts]] and [[Spartina anglica|common cord grass]] in the most exposed regions, with a succession of plants following on as the marsh becomes more established: first sea aster, then mainly sea lavender, with [[Halimione portulacoides|sea purslane]] in the creeks and smaller areas of [[Plantago maritima|sea plantain]] and other common marsh plants. The drier areas contain maritime grasses such as [[Agropyron pungens|sea couch grass]] and [[Puccinellia maritima|sea poa grass]]. The reedbeds are dominated by [[Phragmites|common reed]] with [[Juncus gerardii|saltmarsh rush]], [[Ranunculus peltatus|brackish water crowfoot]], [[Bolboschoenus maritimus|sea clubrush]] and [[Typha latifolia|common bulrush]] also common in the various wetland habitats.<ref name = encitation/>