Cavenham–Icklingham Heaths

Cavenham–Icklingham Heaths
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The River Lark near Icklingham
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTL 751 732[1]
InterestBiological
Area419.0 hectares[1]
Notification1998[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Cavenham–Icklingham Heaths is a 419 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Icklingham 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] Cavenham Heath is a 203.1 hectare National Nature Reserve.[8][9]

This site has habitats of heath and grassland, with smaller areas of woodland and fen, in the flood-plain of the River Lark. There are lichens and mosses in areas of acid grassland. It is described by Natural England as of national importance for its invertebrate species, including some which are rare and endangered, and it also has nationally rare flora and nationally scarce bryophytes.[10]

The site is crossed by footpaths from Icklingham.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Cavenham–Icklingham Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Map of Cavenham–Icklingham Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ^ "Breckland". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Designated Sites View: Cavenham Heath". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Suffolk's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Cavenham–Icklingham Heaths citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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