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Thompson Water, Carr and Common

Thompson Water, Carr and Common

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Thompson Water, Carr and Common is a 154.7-hectare (382-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thetford in Norfolk.[1][2] Most of it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust as Thompson Common.[3] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[4] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.[5] It is crossed by the Great Eastern Pingo Trail Local Nature Reserve.[6]

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This grassland site in the valley of a tributary of the River Wissey has a number of pingos, damp and water filled depressions formed by the melting of ice at the end of the last glaciation. It also has a lake called Thompson Water which, together with its surrounding reedswamp, is important for breeding birds.[7]

The site is open to the public.

References

  1. [1]
    "Designated Sites View: Thompson Water, Carr and Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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    "Map of Thompson Water, Carr and Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Thompson Common". Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. [4]
    Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 138–39. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  5. [5]
    "Designated Sites View: Norfolk Valley Fens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Designated Sites View: Great Eastern Pingo Trail". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Thompson Water, Carr and Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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