Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hickling Broad
LocationNorfolk
Grid referenceTG 435 212[1]
InterestBiological
Area1,185.9 hectares (2,930 acres)[1]
Notification1988[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes is a 1,185.9-hectare (2,930-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.[1][2] Part of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4] It is part of the Broadland Ramsar site[5] and Special Protection Area,[6] and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.[7] Two areas, Hickling Broad and Martham Broad, are national nature reserves[8][9] managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.[10][11]

This is one of the finest wetland complexes in Britain, and it is internationally important for its wetland plant communities and associated animal species. It has four lakes, Hickling Broad, Heigham Sound, Horsey Mere and Martham Broad, together with smaller water bodies, swamp, fen, woodland and grazing marsh.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 170–71. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB" (PDF). Norfolk Coast AONB. Retrieved 25 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. ^ "Designated Sites View: Hickling Broad". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Designated Sites View: Martham Broad". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Hickling Broad". Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Martham Broad". Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.