Scolt Head Island

Scolt Head Island

Scolt Head Island is an offshore barrier island near Brancaster, north Norfolk, England, (but within the neighbouring parish of Burnham Norton) located 10 km west of Wells-next-the-Sea. It is a National Nature Reserve. It is steadily growing westwards toward the wreck of the SS Vina visible from Brancaster Beach.

The island comprises sand dunes, saltmarsh, intertidal sand and mud flats, and shingle. It supports nationally and internationally important numbers of breeding Sandwich Tern, Roseate Terns, Arctic Terns and Little Terns, as well as wintering waders and wildfowl.

A seasonal (spring/summer) ferry connects the island with the village of Burnham Overy Staithe.

References

* Steers, J.A. (Ed). (1934). "Scolt Head Island. The story of its origin: the plant and animal life of the dunes and marshes". W. Heffer & Sons Ltd: Cambridge, for the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society.

External links

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/nnr/nnr_details.asp?nnr_name=&C=0&Habitat=0&natural_area=&local_team=0&spotlight_reserve=0&X=&NNR_ID=139 English Nature NNR page]
* [http://www.brancasterstaithe.co.uk Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale] - Guide to these two villages and the beautiful north Norfolk coast


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