Blo' Norton And Thelnetham Fen

Blo' Norton and Thelnetham Fen is a 21. 3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the Norfolk /Suffolk border. Blo' Norton Fen is in the parish of Blo' Norton in Norfolk and Thelnetham Fen is in Thelnetham parish in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and part of the Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation, Thelnetham Fen is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Blo' Norton Fen by the Little Ouse Headwaters Project (LOHP). LocationThe site is located on the Norfolk-Suffolk border to the south of A1066 Diss to Thetford road and north of the A143 between Diss and Bury St Edmunds. It is 6mi west of Diss, 10mi south-east of Thetford and 14mi north-east of Bury St Edmunds. The Redgrave and Lopham Fen SSSI is 2mi east of the site. EcologyThe site consists of areas of calcareous fen wetland and associated carr woodland and meadow along the Little Ouse river which marks the county boundary. It is notable for being an internationally important site for the rare black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and saw sedge Cladium mariscus plant species.

Blo' Norton and Thelnetham Fen is a 21. 3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the Norfolk /Suffolk border. Blo' Norton Fen is in the parish of Blo' Norton in Norfolk and Thelnetham Fen is in Thelnetham parish in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and part of the Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation, Thelnetham Fen is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Blo' Norton Fen by the Little Ouse Headwaters Project (LOHP). LocationThe site is located on the Norfolk-Suffolk border to the south of A1066 Diss to Thetford road and north of the A143 between Diss and Bury St Edmunds. It is 6mi west of Diss, 10mi south-east of Thetford and 14mi north-east of Bury St Edmunds. The Redgrave and Lopham Fen SSSI is 2mi east of the site. EcologyThe site consists of areas of calcareous fen wetland and associated carr woodland and meadow along the Little Ouse river which marks the county boundary. It is notable for being an internationally important site for the rare black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and saw sedge Cladium mariscus plant species.