Suffolk Wildlife Trust

The Suffolk Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the English county of Suffolk. The trust is a charitable organisation whuch manages more than 50 nature reserves in the county. Their head office is at Brooke House in Ashbocking. As of March 2014, the Chief Executive is Julian Roughton.[1]

The trust, which was founded in 1961, is a membership organisation and is supported by more than 26,000 members with over 1,000 volunteers playing an active role in their activities.[2] Environmental education is a major part of their work and the trust works with children in both school based activities and family events held at their reserves. Conservation advisors work with farmers and local communities to encourage the development of a range of wildlife habitats across the county.[2] The trust was formerly known as the "Suffolk Trust for Nature Conservation."

As of March 2014, Suffolk Wildlife Trust manages 52 reserves covering habitats ranging from open fen and marshland, traditional grazing meadows and marshland to ancient broadleaf woodland.[2][3] Some of the reserves are managed jointly with other organisations such as the RSPB or Natural England.

Key

Public access

  • NO = no public access to site
  • FP = public access to footpaths through the site
  • PL = public access at limited times
  • PP = public access to part of site
  • YES = public access to the whole or most of the site

Other classifications


Sites

Contents :
Site Photograph Area[lower-alpha 1] Location[lower-alpha 1] Public
access		 Designations Description
Alde Mudflats[4] Alde Mudflats 22 hectares (54 acres) Aldeburgh
52°09′07″N 1°30′18″E / 52.152°N 1.505°E / 52.152; 1.505 (Alde Mudflats)
TM399562 		NO NCR,[5] Ramsar,[6][7] SAC,[8][9] SCHAONB,[10] SPA,[11][12] SSSI[13] This three mile long stretch of inter-tidal mud and saltmarsh supports internationally important numbers of avocets, and other birds include black-tailed godwits, oystercatechers, marsh harriers, pintails, wigeons and grey plovers.[4]
Arger Fen and Spouse's Vale[14] Arger Fen and Spouse's Vale 110 hectares (270 acres) Sudbury
51°59′N 0°49′E / 51.99°N 0.81°E / 51.99; 0.81 (Arger Fen and Spouse's Vale)
TL932357 		YES DVAONB,[15] LNR,[16] SSSI[17] This site has anicent and young woodland, and areas of fen meadow. There is a large population of badgers, and uncommon fauna include hazel dormice and barbastelle bats. There are butterflies such as speckled woods, meadow browns and holly blues.[14]
Black Bourn Valley[18] Black Bourn Valley 88 hectares (220 acres) Bury St Edmunds
52°15′N 0°50′E / 52.25°N 0.84°E / 52.25; 0.84 (Black Bourn Valley)
TL943650 		YES The River Black Bourn runs through this large nature reserve, which has many bird species, such as barn owls, yellowhammers, linnets, reed buntings and skylarks. Plants in wet meadows include marsh orchids and marsh marigolds.[18]
Blaxhall Common[19] Blaxhall Common 44 hectares (110 acres) Woodbridge
52°09′22″N 1°28′52″E / 52.156°N 1.481°E / 52.156; 1.481 (Blaxhall Common)
TM382566 		YES SCHAONB,[10] SM,[20] SPA,[21] SSSI[22] This dry lowland heath has large areas of heather which supports diverse lichens and mosses, and other areas of grassland which is grazed by rabbits. Heathland birds include nightjars and tree pipits.[23]
Bonny Wood[24] Bonny Wood 20 hectares (49 acres) Ipswich
52°07′52″N 1°01′55″E / 52.131°N 1.032°E / 52.131; 1.032 (Bonny Wood)
TM076524 		YES SSSI[25] Orchids in this coppiced wood include early-purples, lesser twayblades, common spotteds and greater butterflies. There are many birds, badgers and deer.[24]
Bradfield Woods[26] Bradfield Woods 63 hectares (160 acres)[27] Bury St Edmunds
52°11′N 0°50′E / 52.19°N 0.83°E / 52.19; 0.83 (Bradfield Woods)
TL937580 		YES NNR,[28][27] SSSI[29] These woods have a history of coppicing dating to before 1252, producing a very high diversity of flora, with over 370 plant species recorded. Uncommon woodland flowers include oxlip, herb paris and ramson. There is also a rich variety of fungi, with two species not recorded elsewhere in Britain.[30]
Bromeswell Green[31] Bromeswell Green 7.2 hectares (18 acres) Woodbridge
52°06′18″N 1°21′04″E / 52.105°N 1.351°E / 52.105; 1.351 (Bromeswell Green)
TM296505 		YES This site has woodland, saltmarsh and wet meadows. Wetland plants include lesser spearwort, fen bedstraw and southern marsh orchid, the woodland has birds such as nightingales and whitethroats, and rides have many species of butterfly.[31]
Brooke House[32] Brooke House N/Av Ipswich
52°08′35″N 1°11′20″E / 52.143°N 1.189°E / 52.143; 1.189 (Brooke House)
TM182541 		YES Brooke House is the headquarters of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. It was left to the trust by Mary Brooke. It has gardens with fruit trees and a pond, where water voles have been observed.[32]
Bull's Wood[33] Bull's Wood 12 hectares (30 acres) Bury St Edmunds
52°09′32″N 0°48′11″E / 52.159°N 0.803°E / 52.159; 0.803 (Bull's Wood)
TL918549 		YES SSSI[34] Flora in this wood include early-purple orchids, herb-paris and the uncommon oxlips. There are roe deer, marsh tits, and butterflies such as gatekeepers, speckled woods and orange tips.[33]
Captain's Wood[35] Captain's Wood 62 hectares (150 acres) Sudbourne
52°07′N 1°32′E / 52.12°N 1.54°E / 52.12; 1.54 (Captain's Wood)
TM421531 		YES This site has woodland, rough grassland and scrub. A herd of fallow deer helps to keep the land open, and there are also barn owls, buzzards, mature oak trees and many bluebells.[35]
Carlton and Oulton Marshes[36] Carlton and Oulton Marshes 151 hectares (370 acres) Lowestoft
52°28′N 1°41′E / 52.47°N 1.69°E / 52.47; 1.69 (Carlton and Oulton Marshes)
TM509919 		PP Ramsar,[37][38] SAC,[39][40] SPA,[41][42] SSSI[43] Carlton Oulton Marshes are separated by Oulton Dyke. Birds of prey include marsh harriers, barn owls and hobbies, and there are many wintering wildfowl and breeding waders. Semi-aquatic fen raft spiders were released on the site in 2012 to boost the low British population, and underwater insectiverous bladderworts trap water fleas.[36]
Castle Marshes[44] Castle Marshes 71 hectares (180 acres) Beccles
52°28′N 1°38′E / 52.46°N 1.63°E / 52.46; 1.63 (Castle Marshes)
TM470911 		NO Ramsar,[37][38] SAC,[39][40] SPA,[41][42] SSSI[45] The site has fen, freshwater dykes and grazing marshes. Resident wildfowl include wigeons, gadwalls, teals and shovelers are joined in winter by migrants when the marshes are flooded. Scarce chaser and the nationally rare Norfolk hawker dragonflies breed on the site, and there are blue-tailed damselflies.[44]
Church Farm Marshes[46] [Church Farm Marshes 56 hectares (140 acres) Halesworth
52°19′N 1°33′E / 52.31°N 1.55°E / 52.31; 1.55 (Church Farm Marshes)
TM420742 		YES This site has areas of marshland, wet and dry woodland, and grassland. The flower-rich marshes have southern marsh orchid, marsh marigold and ragged robin. Grazing maintains diversity of flora in the meadows and marshes, ensuring a good population of insects which provide food for birds.[46]
Combs Wood[47] Combs Wood 17 hectares (42 acres) Stowmarket
52°10′16″N 0°59′56″E / 52.171°N 0.999°E / 52.171; 0.999 (Combs Wood)
TM052568 		YES SSSI[48] This is ancient coppice woodland on boulder clay, with a variable quantities of sand and loess reesulting in different soil types. In areas of pedunculate oak and hornbeam the ground flora is sparse, but it is rich and diverse in ash and maple woodland. Grassy rides and a pond provide additional habitats for invertebrates.[49]
Cornard Mere[50] Cornard Mere 6 hectares (15 acres) Sudbury
52°00′50″N 0°44′49″E / 52.014°N 0.747°E / 52.014; 0.747 (Cornard Mere)
TL886386 		YES SSSI[51] This site has diverse habitats, with fen which is seasonally flooded, ruderal herb vegetation, woodland, grassland and scrub. Flora include water mint, gypsywort, skullcap, ragged robin and southern marsh orchid.[51]
Darsham Marshes[52] Darsham Marshes 20 hectares (49 acres) Halesworth
52°16′05″N 1°32′42″E / 52.268°N 1.545°E / 52.268; 1.545 (Darsham Marshes)
TM420692 		YES This marsh and fen site has two ponds and a network of dykes. The wildlife is diverse and flowering plants include ragged-robin, yellow flag, marsh marigold and southern marsh orchid. There are birds such as marsh harriers and hen harriers, and mammals include otters and water voles.[52]
Dingle Marshes[53] Dingle Marshes 93 hectares (230 acres) Dunwich
52°17′N 1°38′E / 52.28°N 1.63°E / 52.28; 1.63 (Dingle Marshes)
TM479708 		YES NCR,[54] NNR[55][28] Ramsar,[56] SAC,[57][58] SCHAONB,[10] SPA,[59][60] SSSI[61] This site has the largest freshwater reedbeds in Britain. Other habitats are brackish pools, shingle, heath and woodland. There are otters and Exmoor ponies, and birds include bearded tits, bittersn, marsh harriers and grey plovers.[53]
Dunwich Forest[62] Dunwich Forest 270 hectares (670 acres) Dunwich
52°17′N 1°37′E / 52.28°N 1.62°E / 52.28; 1.62 (Dunwich Forest)
TM467710 		YES The Trust is transforming this former conifer plantation into a mosaic of broad leaved woodland, lowland heath, acid grassland and wet woodland. Fauna include siskins, adders, noctule bats, red deer and white admiral butterflies.[62]
Fox Fritillary Meadow[63] Fox Fritillary Meadow 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres) Stowmarket
52°12′07″N 1°12′04″E / 52.202°N 1.201°E / 52.202; 1.201 (Fox Fritillary Meadow)
TM188607 		NO SSSI[64] This unimproved meadow is located on heavy alluvial soils at the bottom of a valley. It has a rich variety of flora, including the herbs cowslip, cuckooflower and ragged robin, together with the largest population in East Anglia of the rare snake's head fritillary.[65]
Foxburrow Farm[66] Foxburrow Farm 67 hectares (170 acres) Woodbridge
52°07′N 1°19′E / 52.12°N 1.32°E / 52.12; 1.32 (Foxburrow Farm)
TM274517 		YES Part of this site is a working farm which is managed by a tenant farmer, and it also has wildlife habitats and an education centre. Birds include little owls, spotted flycatchers and pied wagtails, and there are ponds with great crested newts.[66]
Framlingham Mere[67] Framlingham Mere 13.8 hectares (34 acres) Framlingham
52°13′23″N 1°20′28″E / 52.223°N 1.341°E / 52.223; 1.341 (Framlingham Mere)
TM283636 		YES This site has a lake and wet meadows adjoining Framlingham Castle. There are many migrating birds, and flora include marsh marigolds, ragged-robin and lady's smock.[67]
Groton Wood[68] Groton Wood 20 hectares (49 acres) Hadleigh
52°02′53″N 0°52′48″E / 52.048°N 0.88°E / 52.048; 0.88 (Groton Wood)
TL976428 		YES SSSI[69] Fifteen species of butterfly have been recorded in this wood, including brimstones, speckled woods and purple hairstreaks. There are many wild cherry trees, and twenty-two seasonal ponds, which have scarce and protected great crested newts. [68]
Gunton Meadow[70] Gunton Meadow 2 hectares (4.9 acres) Lowestoft
52°30′11″N 1°44′17″E / 52.503°N 1.738°E / 52.503; 1.738 (Gunton Meadow)
TM538960 		YES Gunton Meadow was saved from development as a planning condition for the expansion of a local supermarket. It has scrub, a pond and grassland. There are five species of orchid including the common spotted and green-winged, and great crested newts in the pond.[70]
Gunton Warren[71] Gunton Warren 25 hectares (62 acres) Lowestoft
52°30′00″N 1°45′14″E / 52.5°N 1.754°E / 52.5; 1.754 (Gunton Warren)
TM549958 		YES LNR[72] Gunton Warren is a coastal site which has sand dunes, shingle, lowland heath and cliff slopes. Birds include rare migrants such as icterines and yellow-browed warblers.[71]
Hazlewood Marshes[73] Hazlewood Marshes 64 hectares (160 acres) Aldeburgh
52°10′N 1°34′E / 52.17°N 1.57°E / 52.17; 1.57 (Hazlewood Marshes)
TM442582 		YES SSSI[74] 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.[73]
Hen Reedbeds[75] Hen Reedbeds 55 hectares (140 acres) Southwold
52°20′N 1°38′E / 52.34°N 1.63°E / 52.34; 1.63 (Hen Reedbeds)
TM471771 		YES NNR,[76][28] Ramsar,[56] SCHAONB,[10] SSSI[61] The reserve is a mix of wetland habitats, including reedbeds, fens, dykes and pools. It was designed to provide a breeding site for bitterns. Other fauna include marsh harriers, herons, bearded tits, four-spotted chaser dragonflies, hairy dragonflies, otters and water voles.[75]
Hopton Fen[77] Hopton Fen 15 hectares (37 acres) Diss
52°22′41″N 0°55′19″E / 52.378°N 0.922°E / 52.378; 0.922 (Hopton Fen)
TL990796 		YES SSSI[78] This reed-dominated fen has diverse flora, including devil's bit scabious, black bog-rush, bogbeana and early marsh orchid. The Trust is improving the site by excavating new pools, and introducing grazing to restore the open landscape.[77][78]
Hutchison's Meadow[79] Hutchison's Meadow 1 hectare (2.5 acres) Woodbridge
52°06′11″N 1°19′41″E / 52.103°N 1.328°E / 52.103; 1.328 (Hutchison's Meadow)
TM280502 		NO This is mixture of wet and dry grassland. It has diverse flowering plants such as southern marsh orchid, common fleabane and ragged robin in wet areas, and yellow rattle and bulbous buttercup in drier ones.[79]
Knettishall Heath[80] Knettishall Heath 176 hectares (430 acres) Diss
52°23′N 0°53′E / 52.39°N 0.89°E / 52.39; 0.89 (Knettishall Heath)
TL966806 		YES SSSI[81] The site is heath and grassland, mainly on acidic soils, with areas of secondary woodland and wet hollows. There are heathland plants such as sheep's sorrel, tormentil, harebell and heath bedstraw, while wet areas have fen vegetation including water mint and yellow iris.[82]
Lackford Lakes[83] Lackford Lakes 131 hectares (320 acres) Bury St Edmunds
52°18′N 0°38′E / 52.3°N 0.64°E / 52.3; 0.64 (Lackford Lakes)
TL800706 		YES SSSI[84] The lakes are disused sand and gravel pits in the valley of the River Lark. There are diverse dragonfly species, and many breeding and overwintering birds, including nationally important numbers of gadwalls and shovelers. Skylarks breed on dry grassland, and lapwings in marshy meadows.[85]
Levington Lagoon[86] Levington Lagoon 5 hectares (12 acres) Ipswich
52°00′11″N 1°15′32″E / 52.003°N 1.259°E / 52.003; 1.259 (Levington Lagoon)
TM238389 		NO
Lound Lakes[87] Lound Lakes 113 hectares (280 acres) Great Yarmouth
52°33′N 1°42′E / 52.55°N 1.7°E / 52.55; 1.7 (Lound Lakes)
TG511007 		YES Habitats in this site include open water, woodland, grassland, rush pasture and fen meadow. Over 140 bird species have been recorded there, including hobbies, geese, ducks, reed warblers, gadwalls and oystercatchers. Brown long-eared and noctule bats are also present.[87]
Market Weston Fen[88] Market Weston Fen 37 hectares (91 acres) Diss
52°22′19″N 0°54′43″E / 52.372°N 0.912°E / 52.372; 0.912 (Market Weston Fen)
TL983789 		YES SAC[89][90] SSSI[91] This spring-fed valley fen has a high and stable water table, and as a result it has a rich and varied flora. The dominant plants in the central fen area are saw sedge, the reed Phragmites australis and blunt-flowered rush. Other habitats include tall fen grassland, heath and a stream. There are many dragonflies and damselflies.[91]
Martins' Meadows[92] Martins' Meadows 4 hectares (9.9 acres) Woodbridge
52°10′05″N 1°15′14″E / 52.168°N 1.254°E / 52.168; 1.254 (Martins' Meadows)
TM226572 		YES NCR,[93] SSSI[94] This site has rich flora, and it is described by Natural England as probably the best example in the county of unimproved calcareous clay and neutral grassland. The herb species are especially diverse, including meadow saffron and green-winged orchid, and there are ancient fruit trees.[95]
Mellis Common[96] Mellis Common 59 hectares (150 acres) Eye
52°20′N 1°05′E / 52.33°N 1.08°E / 52.33; 1.08 (Mellis Common)
TM100746 		YES The common has changed little over hundreds of years, and is still managed by traditional methods of grazing and hay cutting. Flora include green-winged orchid, sulphur clover and adder’s tongue fern, and owls hunt small mammals.[96]
Mickfield Meadow[97] Mickfield Meadow 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres) Stowmarket
52°13′34″N 1°08′10″E / 52.226°N 1.136°E / 52.226; 1.136 (Mickfield Meadow)
TM143633 		YES SSSI[98] Fertilisers and herbicides have never been used on this meadow, and as a result it has a rich variety of flora, including fritillary. The dominant grasses are meadow foxtail, cocksfoot, false oat-grass, timothy and Yorkshire fog.[99]
Mickle Mere[100] Mickle Mere 17 hectares (42 acres) Bury St Edmunds
52°17′24″N 0°50′20″E / 52.29°N 0.839°E / 52.29; 0.839 (Mickle Mere)
TL937696 		YES This area of open water and wet meadows has diverse bird life such as lapwings, kestrels, little egrets and reed buntings, and mammals include water voles and otters.[100]
Newbourne Springs[101] Newbourne Springs 19 hectares (47 acres) Woodbridge
52°02′28″N 1°18′50″E / 52.041°N 1.314°E / 52.041; 1.314 (Newbourne Springs)
TM274433 		YES SSSI[102] Most of this site is a narrow valley with a fast-flowing stream with alder carr and fen. Drier and more acidic soils have grassland, woodland, scrub and bracken heath. The site is actively managed, producing diverse flora and many breeding and migratory birds such as treecreepers, nuthatches and sedge warblers.[101][103]
Norah Hanbury-Kelk Meadows[104] Norah Hanbury-Kelk Meadows 8 hectares (20 acres) Bury St Edmunds
52°20′13″N 0°30′47″E / 52.337°N 0.513°E / 52.337; 0.513 (Norah Hanbury-Kelk Meadows)
TL713740 		YES These wet meadows and dykes have diverse flora, such as southern marsh orchids, lady's smock, early marsh orchid and greater bird's foot trefoil. Birds include snipe and ducks.[104]
North Cove[105] North Cove 15.5 hectares (38 acres) Beccles
52°27′25″N 1°38′10″E / 52.457°N 1.636°E / 52.457; 1.636 (North Cove)
TM471905 		YES Ramsar,[37][38] SAC,[39][40] SPA,[41][42] SSSI[45] The site has wet woodland, grazing marsh, ponds and dykes. There are birds such as sparrowhawks, woodcocks, redpolls, siskins and the three species of woodpecker. Flora include opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage, bog pimpernel and the nationally scarce marsh fern.[105]
Old Broom[106] Old Broom 6.5 hectares (16 acres) Bury St Edmunds
52°16′30″N 0°38′24″E / 52.275°N 0.64°E / 52.275; 0.64 (Old Broom)
TL802674 		NO This is a remnant of an ancient wood-pasture landscape with oak pollards between 250 and 500 years old. The dead wood and hollow centres of these trees provide a habitat for fungi and invertebrates, while the bark hosts mosses and lichens.[106]
Papermill Reedbed[107] 6 hectares (15 acres) Ipswich
52°05′31″N 1°06′14″E / 52.092°N 1.104°E / 52.092; 1.104 (Papermill Reedbed)
TM127483
Redgrave and Lopham Fens[108] Redgrave and South Lopham Fen 163 hectares (400 acres) Diss
52°23′N 1°01′E / 52.38°N 1.01°E / 52.38; 1.01 (Redgrave and Lopham Fen)
TM049796 		YES NCR,[109] NNR,[28][110] Ramsar,[111] SAC[89][90] SSSI[112] This spring-fed valley at the head of the River Waveney has several different types of fen vegetation. There are aquatic plants such as bladderwort, fen pondweed and Charophytes, all of which are indicators of low levels of pollution. The site has the only British population of fen raft spiders.[112]
Reydon Wood[113] Reydon Wood 16 hectares (40 acres) Southwold
52°21′04″N 1°38′24″E / 52.351°N 1.64°E / 52.351; 1.64 (Reydon Wood)
TM480788 		YES This conifer wood has many old ash and hornbeam stools. There are many wildflowers and birds, and butterflies such as ringlets, gatekeeper and orange tip.[113]
Roydon Fen[114] Roydon Fen 17.2 hectares (43 acres) Diss
52°22′30″N 1°05′06″E / 52.375°N 1.085°E / 52.375; 1.085 (Roydon Fen)
TM101797 		YES LNR[115] This site was taken over by wet woodland in the twentieth century, but the Trust has restored the eastern end to fen by mowing, and it has many typical fen plants such as marsh helleborine, marsh fragrant orchid and sawsedge.[114]
Simpson's Saltings[116] Simpson's Saltings 25 hectares (62 acres) Woodbridge
52°03′18″N 1°28′26″E / 52.055°N 1.474°E / 52.055; 1.474 (Simpson's Saltings)
TM383453 		NO NCR,[5] Ramsar,[6][7] SAC,[8][9] SCHAONB,[10] SPA,[11][12] SSSI[13] The Saltings are described by the Trust as "one of the county’s most important coastal sites for its wealth of uncommon coastal and saltmarsh plants." There are also rare lichens. Habitats include intertidal mud, estuary creeks, saltmarsh, compacted sand and shingle.[116]
Sizewell Belts[117] Sizewell Belts 144 hectares (360 acres) Leiston
52°13′N 1°35′E / 52.22°N 1.59°E / 52.22; 1.59 (Sizewell Belts)
TM453639 		YES SCHAONB,[10] SSSI[118] These unimproved wet meadows are described by Natural England as important for their outstanding assemblages of invertebrates, with many nationally rare and scarce species, and of national significance for its assemblage of breeding birds typical of wet grassland. The aquatic fauna is diverse, including the nationally scarce soft hornwort and fen pondweed.[119]
Snape Marshes[120] Snape Marshes 19.8 hectares (49 acres) Saxmundham
52°09′54″N 1°30′04″E / 52.165°N 1.501°E / 52.165; 1.501 (Snape Marshes)
TM395576 		FP The diverse habitats in this reserve include reed-filled marshes, dry heath and mature oak woodland. It has all four reptiles found in the county, adders, common lizards, grass snakes and slowworms. Birds include barn owls, hobbies and marsh harriers, and freshwater dykes provide a habitat for otters.[120]
Sutton and Hollesley Commons[121] Sutton and Hollesley Commons 400 hectares (990 acres) Woodbridge
52°04′N 1°25′E / 52.07°N 1.41°E / 52.07; 1.41 (Sutton and Hollesley Commons)
TM335471		 YES SCHAONB,[10] SPA,[21] SSSI[122] These remnants of the Sandlings Heaths consist of dry grass and heather heathland, together with areas of bracken, scrub and pine and birch woodland. Breeding birds include long-eared owls, and hen harriers roost there in the winter.[122]
Thelnetham Fen[123] Thelnetham Fen 8.8 hectares (22 acres) Diss
52°22′05″N 0°57′40″E / 52.368°N 0.961°E / 52.368; 0.961 (Thelnetham Fen)
TM017786 		YES NCR,[124] SAC[125][126] SSSI[127] This wet fen site has many wild flowers, including saw sedge, black bog rush and the rare grass-of-parnassus. Other habitats include wet woodland and reed beds along the bank of the River Little Ouse. The reed beds provide nesting sites for migrant birds such as sedge, grasshopper and reed warblers.[123]
Trimley Marshes[128] Trimley Marshes 77 hectares (190 acres) Felixstowe
51°58′N 1°17′E / 51.97°N 1.29°E / 51.97; 1.29 (Trimley Marshes)
TM 262 355 		YES Ramsar,[129][130] SCHAONB,[10] SPA,[131][132] SSSI[133] This site has a reservoir, islands, reedbeds and marshes. It has a rich variety and and number of birds, such as redshankss, avocets, oystercatchers, little grebes and gadwalls.[128]
Wangford Warren[134] Wangford Warren 15 hectares (37 acres) Brandon
52°25′34″N 0°35′10″E / 52.426°N 0.586°E / 52.426; 0.586 (Wangford Warren)
TL759840 		PL NCR,[135] SAC,[136] SPA,[137] SSSI[138] This dry site has sand dunes and mounds which are stabilised by sand sedge and grasses. It is one of only two inland sites in Britain which has grey hair-grass, and other rare plants include shepherd's cress, bearded fescue and reindeer moss. Uncommon solitary bees and wasps burrow into sand.[134]
Winks Meadow[139] Winks Meadow 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres) Stowmarket
52°22′08″N 1°22′55″E / 52.369°N 1.382°E / 52.369; 1.382 (Winks Meadow)
TM303799 		YES SSSI[140] This meadow on a disused airfield is unimproved grassland, with a rich variety of flora on chalky boulder clay. There are many green-winged orchids, cowslips and pepper saxifrages.[140] The meadow is grazed by cattle or cut for hay to maintain the diversity of the wild flowers.[139]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Unless otherwise stated, the area and location are taken from the Wildlife Trust page for each site.

References

  1. ↑ Contact us, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  2. 1 2 3 About us, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. ↑ Nature Reserves, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  4. 1 2 "Alde Mudflats". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 Ratcliffe, A Nature Conservation Review, p. 9
  6. 1 2 "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Alde-Ore Estuary" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Designated Sites View: Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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  32. 1 2 "Brooke House". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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  35. 1 2 "Captain's Wood". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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  45. 1 2 "Designated Sites View: Barnby Broad & Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  46. 1 2 "Church Farm Marshes". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  52. 1 2 "Darsham Marshes". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  53. 1 2 "Dingle Marshes". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  62. 1 2 "Dunwich Forest". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  65. ↑ "Fox Fritillary Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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  67. 1 2 "Framlingham Mere". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  68. 1 2 "Groton Wood". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  70. 1 2 "Gunton Meadow". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  71. 1 2 "Gunton Warren". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  73. 1 2 "Hazlewood Marshes". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  77. 1 2 "Hopton Fen". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  79. 1 2 "Hutchison's Meadow". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  101. 1 2 "Newbourne Springs". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  105. 1 2 "North Cove". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  114. 1 2 "Roydon Fen". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  120. 1 2 "Snape Marshes". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  123. 1 2 "Thelnetham Fen". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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