Yare Broads and Marshes
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| File:Surlingham Church Marsh Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1285247.jpg
Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB Nature Reserve
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| Area of Search | Norfolk |
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| 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.[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]
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