Barnham Cross Common

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Barnham Cross Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Track on Barnhamcross Common - geograph.org.uk - 319919.jpg
Location Norfolk, England
Grid reference TL 865 813 [1]
InterestBiological
Area69.1 hectares (171 acres) [1]
Notification 1986 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Barnham Cross Common is a 69.1-hectare (171-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Thetford in Norfolk, England. [1] [2] It is owned by Thetford Town Council and is registered common land. [3] It is also a Local Nature Reserve [4] [5] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1. [6] It is part of the Breckland Special Area of Conservation [7] and Special Protection Area. [8]

This grassland and heath common has diverse habitats and a rich flora, including several nationally rare plants. There are nearly a hundred species of birds, including sixty which breed on the site, and a wide range of invertebrates. [3]

The common is open to the public. Part of the land designated as Barnham Cross Common SSSI is owned by the Ministry of Defence. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Barnhamcross Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Barnhamcross Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Barnhamcross Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Barnham Cross Common". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Map of Barnham Cross Common". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN   0521-21403-3.
  7. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mapping the habitats of England's ten largest institutional landowners". Who owns England?. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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