The Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area, located in
Simcoe County,
Central Ontario,
Canada, is Ontario’s first provincially owned and managed wetland and is one of approximately 1200
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
s recognized in Canada. The marsh is situated near Elmvale, approximately three kilometres inland from
Nottawasaga Bay.
Open to visitors year-round, the area consists of of marshes, open water, bog, and upland forest.
There are of trails taking visitors to dikes, two observation towers, a marsh viewing mound, and a boardwalk.
There is a nature centre, featuring displays of the marsh and its flora and fauna.
Around 250 species of birds have been observed at the marsh,
including
pied-billed grebe,
trumpeter swan,
sandhill crane, and the provincially threatened
least bitterns and
black terns.
s nest at the marsh,
as well as 11 species of ducks.
Milksnake
The milk snake or milksnake (''Lampropeltis triangulum''), is a species of kingsnake; 24 subspecies are currently recognized. ''Lampropeltis elapsoides'', the scarlet kingsnake, was formerly classified as a 25th subspecies (''L. t. elapsoides'') ...
,
northern watersnake
The common watersnake (''Nerodia sipedon'') is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America. It is frequently mistaken for the venomous cottonmouth (''Agkistrodon piscivorus'').
...
, and
red-bellied snake
''Storeria occipitomaculata'', commonly known as the redbelly snake or the red-bellied snake, is a species of snake endemic to North America (Canada and the United States).
Description
''S. occipitomaculata'' is a small woodland species that ...
have been observed.
References
External links
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Tiny Marsh at the Ontario Trails Council
{{Ontario parks
Protected areas of Simcoe County
Conservation areas in Ontario
Marshes of Ontario