Lakenheath Warren

Lakenheath Warren
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Suffolk
Grid reference TL 766 804 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 588.3 hectares[1]
Notification 1986[1]
Location map Magic Map

Lakenheath Warren is a 588.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lakenheath in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] and part of Breckland Special Area of Conservation[4][5] and Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[6][7]

This is the largest remaining area of heath in the Breckland, and it has a history of use for sheep grazing and as a rabbit warren going back to the thirteenth century, and continuing until the Second World War. There are several rare lichens and plants, and over fifty species of breeding birds.[8]

Part of the site is common land with a right of public access.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Lakenheath Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Lakenheath Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ↑ "Breckland". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Breckland." (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lakenheath Warren citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Part of Lakenheath Warren". common-land.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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Coordinates: 52°23′N 0°35′E / 52.39°N 0.59°E / 52.39; 0.59

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