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Playford Mere is situated south of the River Fynn and north of the railway line. The site consists of a number of artificial ponds linked by a series of channels and areas of tall fen vegetation interspersed with willow scrub and poplar plantation. This site is a mosaic of undisturbed habitats which provide a valuable refuge for wildlife particularly birds, in an otherwise intensively-farmed landscape. Good numbers of heron, shelduck, coot, moorhen, swan and tufted duck shelter in the tall waterside vegetation which fringes the pond and dykes. Uncommon wetland plants, for example meadow-rue, purple loosestrife and fleabane are abundant amongst the tall fen community.