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Grantham Canal SSSI
Grantham Canal
SSSI
is a biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
which
runs
along
a stretch
of the Grantham
Canal
and its banks between
Redmile
and
Harby
in
Leicestershire
.
This site has
diverse
aquatic and
terrestrial
habitats
, which supports a
varied
insect
community
.
The canal
has
floating
plants
such as
fat duckweed
and
water fern
, and there are
breeding
birds
such as
sedge warblers
, moorhens and
reed warblers
.
There is
access
to
the canal
towpath
.