Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 85.2 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1983 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Foxhole Heath is an 85.2-hectare (211-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Eriswell 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]
The site is heathland and its vascular plant flora includes the following species: slender cudweed Filago minima, shepherd's cress Teesdalia nudicaulis, bird's-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus, sand sedge Carex arenaria, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, sheep's-bit Jasione montana and larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides. There are three nationally rare plants. It has a breeding population of the rare stone-curlew, and this species also uses the site to gather prior to its autumn migration. [8]
The road verge along the south side is included in Suffolk County Council's protected road verges scheme. [9]
There is access from the B1112 road.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 85.2 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1983 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Foxhole Heath is an 85.2-hectare (211-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Eriswell 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]
The site is heathland and its vascular plant flora includes the following species: slender cudweed Filago minima, shepherd's cress Teesdalia nudicaulis, bird's-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus, sand sedge Carex arenaria, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, sheep's-bit Jasione montana and larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides. There are three nationally rare plants. It has a breeding population of the rare stone-curlew, and this species also uses the site to gather prior to its autumn migration. [8]
The road verge along the south side is included in Suffolk County Council's protected road verges scheme. [9]
There is access from the B1112 road.