Bure Broads and Marshes

{{Short description|UK Site of Special Scientific Interest}}

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|image= View along the River Bure near Ranworth Dam - geograph.org.uk - 402624.jpg

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|name= Bure Broads and Marshes

|aos= Norfolk

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|741.1|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1991

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Bure Broads and Marshes is a {{convert| 741.1 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Norwich in Norfolk, England.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000880&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Bure Broads and Marshes | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date =7 June 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000880%27|title=Map of Bure Broads and Marshes|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 7 June 2018}} Most of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=55–56, 209 |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }} and National Nature Reserve.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1006026&SiteName=bure&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Bure Marshes | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 25 May 2018}} Two areas are nature reserves managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Cockshoot Broad{{cite web|url= https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/cockshoot-broad |title= Cockshoot Broad |publisher= Norfolk Wildlife Trust |access-date= 21 May 2018}} and Ranworth Broad.{{cite web|url= https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/ranworth-broad |title= Ranworth Broad |publisher= Norfolk Wildlife Trust |access-date=21 May 2018}} It is part of the Broadland Ramsar site{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11010&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Broadland | series= Ramsar Sites|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 25 May 2018}} and Special Protection Area{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9009253&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Broadland | series= Special Protection Areas|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 25 May 2018}} and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013577&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: The Broads | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 25 May 2018}}

This is described by Natural England as a "nationally and internationally important wetland complex", which is situated on fenland peats in the floodplain of the River Bure. A notable feature is an extensive area of swamp alder carr on unstable peats and mud. There are a number of rare bird and butterfly species.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000880.pdf |title=Bure Broads and Marshes citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 7 June 2018}}