Breckland Forest Explained
| Breckland Forest |
| Aos: | Norfolk
Suffolk |
| Interest: | Biological
Geological |
| Area: | 18,126 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 2000 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Breckland Forest is an 18,126 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in many separate areas between Swaffham in Norfolk and Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is part of the Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[3] [4] It contains two Geological Conservation Review sites, Beeches Pit, Icklingham and High Lodge.[5] [6] Barton Mills Valley is a Local Nature Reserve in the south-west corner of the site.[7]
Woodlarks and nightjars breed on this site in internationally important numbers. There are also several nationally rare vascular plants and invertebrates on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Geological sites provide evidence of the environmental and human history of East Anglia during the Middle Pleistocene.[8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Designated Sites View: Breckland Forest . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 May 2017.
- Web site: Map of Breckland Forest. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 May 2017.
- Web site: Designated Sites View: Breckland . Special Protection Area. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
- Web site: Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Breckland. . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 4 May 2017 . 15 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315171523/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9009201.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Beeches Pit, Icklingham (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
- Web site: High Lodge (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
- Web site: Barton Mills Valley. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 26 March 2013. 4 June 2017. 28 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051851/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=38&N=&ID=1138. dead.
- Web site: Breckland Forest citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 23 May 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040516/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000443.pdf. 4 March 2016.
