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The area was declared a NNR in 1987, covers an area of 83 hectares and consists of grass marshes on the north side of the River Thurne between Ludham and Potter Heigham.
The dykes which intersect the marshland are habitats for water soldier Stratoides aloides, whorled water-milfoil, water violet and fen pondweed. They also support waterfowl such as garganey and shoveler. The marshland themselves support birds such as redshank, lapwingThe Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus , also known as the Peewit or just Lapwing is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Europe, and across temperate Asia. It is highly migratory over most of its extensive range, wintering further, oystercatcherCommon Pied Oystercatcher : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Haematopodidae : Haematopus ostralegus Binomial name Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 The Common Pied Oystercatcher or in Europe just Oystercatcher is a wader in the Oystercatc and snipeCommon Snipe : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae : Gallinago : gallinago Binomial name Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago is a small stocky shorebird. Adults have short greenish-grey legs and. In recent years, the dragonflyAeshnidae Austropetaliidae Cordulegastridae Corduliidae Gomphidae Libellulidae Neopetaliidae Petaluridae The dragonfly is an insect belonging to the Order Odonata, Suborder Anisoptera and characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong trans Norfolk hawkerThe Norfolk hawker ''Aeshna isosceles is an extremely rare dragonfly, one of two species of brown hawkers in Britain. It has a yellow triangular mark on the second abdominal segment which gave rise to its scientific name. It also has green eyes and clear, Aeshna isosceles has been attracted back to this area through specific management of the dykes.
National Nature Reserves in EnglandNational Nature Reserves in England are managed by English Nature and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations. NNRs are managed on behal NorfolkFor alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation Norfolk (pronounced 'norfuck') is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suff