Barnham Heath Explained

Barnham Heath
Aos:Suffolk
Interest:Biological
Area:78.6 hectares
Notifydate:1985
Map: Magic Map

Barnham Heath is a 78.6hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barnham, a village south of Thetford in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and part of the Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds[4] [5]

This site has areas of acidic heathland with damp grassland in river valleys. Gravel workings and scrub have produced habitats valuable to birds such as nightingales and whitethroats. Birds found on open heathland include stone curlews, a protected species, and wheatears. Six species of lichen and eight of moss have been recorded.[6]

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52.384°N 0.764°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Barnham Heath . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Map of Barnham Heath. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 May 2017.
  3. Book: Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 140 . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .
  4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Breckland . Special Protection Area. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Breckland. . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Barnham Heath citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 May 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504201436/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002331.pdf. 4 May 2015.

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