Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 120 724 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 1.8 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Major Farm Meadow is a 1.8-hectare (4.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Eye in Suffolk. [1] [2]
This is one of the few surviving unimproved hay meadows in the county. It is damp grassland on boulder clay, with diverse flora and many molehills. Flowering plants include cowslip, twayblade and green-winged orchid, and there is a mature specimen of the rare black poplar. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) describes itself as the county's "nature charity – the only organisation dedicated wholly to safeguarding Suffolk's wildlife and countryside." It is a registered charity, and its headquarters is at Brooke House in Ashbocking, near Ipswich. It was founded in 1961, and is one of 46 wildlife trusts covering the Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As of March 2017, it has 13,200 members, and it manages 3,120 hectares of land in 60 nature reserves, most of which are open to the public. It had an income of £3.9 million in the year to 31 March 2017.
Chettisham Meadow is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Chettisham, 3 km (2 mi) north of Ely in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
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.
Monewden Meadows is a 3.7-hectare (9.1-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Monewden in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and it is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust under the name Martins' Meadows.
Fox Fritillary Meadow is a 2.4-hectare (5.9-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Framsden in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Metfield Meadow is a 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Halesworth in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust under the name Winks Meadow.
Laurel Farm Meadow is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Halesworth in Suffolk.
Gypsy Camp Meadows, Thrandeston is a 2.4-hectare (5.9-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thrandeston in Suffolk.
Pakenham Meadows is a 5.8-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Pakenham in Suffolk.
The Gardens, Great Ashfield is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Great Ashfield in Suffolk.
Cransford Meadow is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Cransford in Suffolk.
Moat Farm Meadows is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Otley in Suffolk.
Riverside House Meadow is a 1.4-hectare (3.5-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Hasketon in Suffolk.
Lingwood Meadows is a 2.7-hectare (6.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Earl Stonham in Suffolk.
Nacton Meadows is a 4.5-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Levington in Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Shelfanger Meadows is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Diss in Norfolk.
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