Weeting Heath National Nature Reserve

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Overview

The Weeting Heath NNR is a wonderful piece of Breckland, famous for its rare flora and population of breeding stone curlews. The reserve is the best place in the country to watch the rare and unusual stone curlew. The strange, yellow-eyed bird requires open, stony ground with short vegetation to breed, making the close-cropped turf of Weeting ideal. This special Breckland habitat has to be specially managed to keep it so low and this is achieved by grazing sheep and rabbits. The heath is also home to woodlarks, green woodpeckers, lapwings and mistle thrushes. Other birds include kestrel, little owl, sparrowhawk, common buzzard, marsh harrier and, in the summer, hobby. Woodland birds are common in the trees in the woodland, with crossbills, tree pipits and spotted flycatchers sometimes seen. Numerous rare plants and invertebrates are also found on Weeting Heath, which is one of the finest remaining Breckland grass heaths.

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The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and probably the finest of its kind in Europe. Here you’ll find a string of quaint villages and small towns – Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Cley next the Sea are 21st-century favourites, while Sheringham and Cromer are classic examples of a good old-fashioned seaside resort where grand Victorian hotels look out to sea.

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Weeting Heath National Nature Reserve

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Overview

The Weeting Heath NNR is a wonderful piece of Breckland, famous for its rare flora and population of breeding stone curlews. The reserve is the best place in the country to watch the rare and unusual stone curlew. The strange, yellow-eyed bird requires open, stony ground with short vegetation to breed, making the close-cropped turf of Weeting ideal. This special Breckland habitat has to be specially managed to keep it so low and this is achieved by grazing sheep and rabbits. The heath is also home to woodlarks, green woodpeckers, lapwings and mistle thrushes. Other birds include kestrel, little owl, sparrowhawk, common buzzard, marsh harrier and, in the summer, hobby. Woodland birds are common in the trees in the woodland, with crossbills, tree pipits and spotted flycatchers sometimes seen. Numerous rare plants and invertebrates are also found on Weeting Heath, which is one of the finest remaining Breckland grass heaths.

Location

Weeting

About the area

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The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and probably the finest of its kind in Europe. Here you’ll find a string of quaint villages and small towns – Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Cley next the Sea are 21st-century favourites, while Sheringham and Cromer are classic examples of a good old-fashioned seaside resort where grand Victorian hotels look out to sea.

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