Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() Scarning Fen | |
Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TF 982 120[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 6.2 hectares (15 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham is a 6.2-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Dereham in Norfolk.[1][2] It is part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.[3] Scarning Fen is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[4] and it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.[5]
These are valleys with calcareous fens on peat with an exceptionally diverse flora, including uncommon mosses and liverworts. Insects include the nationally rare small red damselfly.[6]
The fens are open to the public.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Map of Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Norfolk Valley Fens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 213–14. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Scarning Fen". Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Potter and Scarning Fens, East Dereham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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