Hazlewood Marshes Explained

Hazlewood Marshes
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TM442582
Location:Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Area:64 hectares
Manager:Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Hazlewood Marshes is a 64 hectare nature reserve west of Aldeburgh in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.[1] It is in the Alde-Ore Estuary biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[2]

This was formerly a fresh water lagoon and marshes, but on 5 December 2013 a tidal surge broke through the sea wall and flooded the site with sea water. Whole communities of plants and invertebrates disappeared, and the site is converting to salt marsh, with birds including black-tailed godwits, dunlins, redshanks, lapwings and avocets.[1] [3]

There is access from the Sailors' Path between Aldeburgh and Snape.[4]

References

52.17°N 1.57°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hazlewood Marshes . Suffolk Wildlife Trust . 29 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 May 2017.
  3. Web site: BBC Countryfile features Hazlewood Marshes Suffolk Wildlife Trust . www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org . 13 December 2023 . en . 7 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Hazlewood Marshes Reserves and species . data.wildlifetrusts.org . 13 December 2023.

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