Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 116 584 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 2.7 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1993 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Lingwood Meadows is a 2.7-hectare (6.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Earl Stonham in Suffolk. [1] [2]
These ancient meadows are one of the few surviving examples of unimproved grassland in the county. They have diverse flora, and twenty grass species have been recorded with red fescue and Yorkshire fog dominant. Fifty-five other species include the nationally scarce sulphur clover. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.
High House Meadows, Monewden is a three hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Monewden in Suffolk.
Mickfield Meadow is a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Mickfield in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Sizewell Marshes form a 260-acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to Sizewell in Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is part of a 356-acre (144-ha) nature reserve managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust as Sizewell Belts.
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