Thompson Water, Carr and Common

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Thompson Water, Carr and Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Thompson Water
Location Norfolk
Grid reference TL 929 956 [1]
InterestBiological
Area154.7 hectares (382 acres) [1]
Notification 1988 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Thompson Water, Carr and Common is a 154.7-hectare (382-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thetford in Norfolk, England. [1] [2] Most of it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust as Thompson Common. [3] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [4] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation. [5] It is crossed by the Great Eastern Pingo Trail Local Nature Reserve. [6]

This grassland site, located in the valley of a tributary of the River Wissey, contains a number of ponds left by melted pingos: damp, water-filled depressions formed by the melting of ice within these geological formations at the end of the last glaciation. It also features a lake called Thompson Water, which, along with its surrounding reed swamp, is important for breeding birds. [7]

The site is open to the public.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Thompson Water, Carr and Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Thompson Water, Carr and Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Thompson Common". Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 138–39. ISBN   0521-21403-3.
  5. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Norfolk Valley Fens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Great Eastern Pingo Trail". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Thompson Water, Carr and Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

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