Shapwick Heath
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| Area of Search | Somerset |
| Grid Reference | ST430403 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 394.0 hectare (973.6 acre) |
| Notification | 1967 |
| Location Map | English Nature |
Shapwick Heath is a 394.0 hectare (973.6 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1967.
Shapwick Heath, part of the Avalon Marshes in the Somerset Levels Wetlands, and managed as a National Nature Reserve by Natural England, is a former raised bog lying in the basin of the River Brue. The site supports a diverse community of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. National rarities are the Large Marsh Grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum) found on Sphagnum moss bogs, the Greater Silver Diving Beetle (Hydrophilus piceus) and the Lesser Silver Diving Beetle (Hydrochara caraboides) which is now confined nationally to the Brue Basin Peat Moors. [1]
The adjoining Shapwick Moor has been purchased by the Hawk and Owl Trust as a reserve.
[edit] References
- ^ Shapwick Heath. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.
[edit] External links
- YouTube video - pictures and commentary on the Peat Moor visitors centre.
- BBC Somerset: Shapwick Heath gallery
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