Holme Dunes

{{short description|Nature reserve near Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{infobox park

| name = Holme Dunes

| photo = Broad Water - geograph.org.uk - 11484.jpg

| photo_caption =Broadwater, a freshwater lake

| type = Nature reserve

| grid_ref_UK =

| location = Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

| area = {{convert|192 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| manager = Norfolk Wildlife Trust

}}

Holme Dunes is a {{convert| 192|ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} nature reserve near Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust,{{cite web|url= https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/holme-dunes |title= Holme Dunes |publisher= Norfolk Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 10 July 2018}} and is a National Nature Reserve.{{cite web|title=Holme Dunes National Nature Reserve|url=http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/holmedunes_tcm6-1836.pdf|publisher=Natural England|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904083837/http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/holmedunes_tcm6-1836.pdf|archivedate=2012-09-04}} Retrieved 28 August 2012.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1006627&SiteName=holme&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Holme Dunes | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 1 June 2018}} It is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest,{{Cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001342&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: North Norfolk Coast |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 16 May 2018}} Geological Conservation Review site,{{cite web|url=http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2891 |title= North Norfolk Coast (Coastal Geomorphology of England) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 25 May 2018}} Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=10–11 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }} Ramsar site,{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11048&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: North Norfolk Coast | series= Ramsar Site|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 1 June 2018}} Special Areas of Conservation{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0019838&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: North Norfolk Coast | series= Special Area of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 1 June 2018}} and Special Protection Area.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9009031&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: North Norfolk Coast | series= Special Protection Area |publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 1 June 2018}} It is also in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/mediaps/pdfuploads/pd001159.pdf|title=Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB|publisher=Norfolk Coast AONB|accessdate=25 May 2018|archive-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161613/http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/mediaps/pdfuploads/pd001159.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The reserve's sand dunes, salt marsh, pasture and pools are important for breeding birds like pied avocet, and wintering ducks, geese and waders. There are a range of coastal habitats including, freshwater pools, grazing marsh and saltmarsh. Much of the site consists of natural habitats maintained largely by coastal processes. In 2024 the rare species of fly Schroederella iners was identified at Holme Dunes, having last been recorded in the UK in 1910.{{cite journal |editor1-last=Acheson |editor1-first=Nick |title=I-spy a very rare fly |journal=Tern |date=Spring 2024 |page=6 |url=https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/documents/plain-text-tern-magazine/tern-spring-2024-accessible.aspx |access-date=20 May 2024 |publisher=Norfolk Wildlife Trust}} In 2019 The Times named Holme Dunes as one of Top 20 'Wild' beaches in Britain.