Berney Marshes
Berney Marshes are in the south-east of Norfolk, within the Norfolk Broads, to the south of the River Bure. They and are preserved as a nature reserve. They are part of the larger area of the Halvergate Marshes.[1]
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Berney Marshes and Breydon Water RSPB reserve is a nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, covering the Berney Marshes and Breydon Water to the east; the latter being combined estuary of the River Waveney and the River Yare inland of Great Yarmouth,[2] and forming part of the border of Norfolk with Suffolk.
The habitats here are managed by the RSPB to benefit all of the wildlife in the area but in particular the breeding and wintering birds. Of the reserve, of 1,359 acres are an 'improved wet grassland' and in winter the total numbers of wildfowl and waders can reach 85,000. Species the reserve is important for include pink-footed goose, wigeon and black-tailed godwit. The water levels are kept high into the Spring so that the grasslands are in a good condition for breeding common redshank and Northern lapwing, this being helped by the grazing of cattle which helps to make the grassland sward more suitable for breeding waders. The ditches are amanged on a 7-10 year cycle to optimise the diversity of insects and other aquatic invertebrates within them. In addition, the RSPB manage 927 acres of intertidal mud flats as a sanctuary for the wintering birds.[3]
The reserve cannot be accessed by car, it can be reached by foot from Great Yarmouth or by taking a train from either Norwich or Great Yarmouth to Berney Arms station.[1]
Location
- Location map: 52°35’29"N, 1°37’14"E
- Streetmap: TG453054
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "RSPB Berney Marshes & Breydon Water". Greater Yarmouth Official Tourism Site. http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/Great-Yarmouth-RSPB-Berney-Marshes-Breydon-Water/details/?dms=3&venue=0210870. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Simon Harrap; Nigel Redman (2010). Weher to Watch Birds in Britain (2 ed.). Helm. pp. 221–223. ISBN 9781408110591.
- ↑ "Berney Marshes and Breydon Water". RSPB. https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/berney-marshes-breydon-water/. Retrieved 26 March 2020.