Yare Broads and Marshes

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Yare Broads and Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Surlingham Church Marsh Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1285247.jpg
Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB Nature Reserve
Location Norfolk
Grid reference TG 336 061 [1]
InterestBiological
Area744.5 hectares (1,840 acres) [1]
Notification 1988 [1]
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Yare Broads and Marshes is a 744.5-hectare (1,840-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. [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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References

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Coordinates: 52°36′07″N1°26′53″E / 52.602°N 1.448°E / 52.602; 1.448