Yare Broads and Marshes

Yare Broads and Marshes is a 744.5-hectare (1,840-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Norwich in Norfolk.[1][2] Part of the site, is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[3] and most of it is in the Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve.[4] It is part of the Broadland Ramsar site[5] and Special Protection Area,[6] and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.[7] Two ares are Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserves, Strumpshaw Fen and Surlingham Church Marsh.[8][9]

Yare Broads and Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB Nature Reserve
Area of SearchNorfolk
Grid referenceTG 336 061[1]
InterestBiological
Area744.5 hectares (1,840 acres)[1]
Notification1988[1]
Location mapMagic Map

This is a nationally important wetland site, with grazing marsh, open water, fen, carr woodland and peat. There are many nationally rare plants and many birds including nationally important wintering flocks of wigeon.[10]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Yare Broads and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. "Map of Yare Broads and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 209–10. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. "Designated Sites View: Mid-Yare". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. "Designated Sites View: Broadland". Ramsar Sites. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. "Designated Sites View: Broadland". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. "Designated Sites View: The Broads". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. "Strumpshaw Fen". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. "Surlingham Church Marsh". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  10. "Yare Broads and Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

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