Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TF 982 120 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 6.2 hectares (15 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham is a 6.2-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Dereham in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation. [3] Scarning Fen is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [4] and it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. [5]
These are valleys with calcareous fens on peat with an exceptionally diverse flora, including uncommon mosses and liverworts. Insects include the nationally rare small red damselfly. [6]
The fens are open to the public.