Yare Broads and Marshes

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

  1. ^ a b c d "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. Vol. 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.