- Bure Marshes NNR
Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve (NNR) is maintained by
English Nature inNorfolk, England , withinThe Broads National Park .It is mostly
fen land and includes four Broads which are disused peat workings dug between900 and1350 :*
Hoveton Great Broad managed by English Nature
*Decoy Broad managed by English Nature
*Ranworth Broad owned/managed byNorfolk Wildlife Trust
*Cockshoot Broad owned/managed by Norfolk Wildlife TrustThis area of unreclaimed marshland supports many plants and animals, including rarities such as the crested buckler fern, rare moths and spiders, and some of Britain's rarest
aquatic insects .In open fens, reed, sedge and
marsh hay are still harvested, mainly for thethatching industry.
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