Thetford Heaths

Thetford Heaths
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Suffolk
Grid reference TL 851 801 [1]
Interest Biological
Geological
Area 270.6 hectares[1]
Notification 1993[1]
Location map Magic Map

Thetford Heaths is a 270.6 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] and parts of it are a National Nature Reserve,[4][5] and a Geological Conservation Review,[6] It is part of the Breckland Special Area of Conservation,[7][8] and Special Protection Area[9][10]

A large part of this dry heathland site is calcareous grassland, and some areas are grazed by sheep or rabbits. There are several nationally rare plants and an uncommon heathland bird, and many lichens and mosses.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Thetford Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Thetford Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ↑ "Suffolk's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Thetford Heath". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Thetford Heath (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Breckland". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Breckland" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Thetford Heaths citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

Coordinates: 52°23′N 0°43′E / 52.39°N 0.72°E / 52.39; 0.72

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