Hazlewood Marshes

Hazlewood Marshes is a 64 hectare nature reserve west of Aldeburgh in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.[1] It is in the Alde-Ore Estuary biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[2]

Hazlewood Marshes
Hazlewood Marshes with the breaches in the sea wall caused by the tidal surge on 5 December 2013
TypeNature reserve
LocationAldeburgh, Suffolk
OS gridTM442582
Area64 hectares
Managed bySuffolk Wildlife Trust

This was formerly a fresh water lagoon and marshes, but on 5 December 2013 a tidal surge broke through the sea wall and flooded the site with sea water. Whole communities of plants and invertebrates disappeared, and the site is converting to salt marsh, with birds including black-tailed godwits, dunlins, redshanks, lapwings and avocets.[1]

There is access from the Sailors' Path between Aldeburgh and Snape.

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References
  1. "Hazlewood Marshes". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

52.17°N 1.57°E / 52.17; 1.57

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