| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Surlingham Church Marsh
RSPB Nature Reserve | |
| Location | Norfolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TG 336 061 [1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 744.5 hectares (1,840 acres) [1] |
| Notification | 1988 [1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Yare Broads and Marshes is a 744.5-hectare (1,840-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. [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]
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
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Yare Broads and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Map of Yare Broads and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 209–10. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Mid-Yare". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Broadland". Ramsar Sites. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Broadland". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: The Broads". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Strumpshaw Fen". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Surlingham Church Marsh". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Yare Broads and Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
