RSPB Minsmere
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RSPB Minsmere is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Suffolk, England. It was established in 1948 as the Minsmere Bird Reserve.
It is best known for its wetland breeding birds, including Great Bittern, Western Marsh Harrier, Pied Avocet and Bearded Reedling. It forms part of the Minsmere - Walberswick Special Protection Area from the estuary of the River Blyth southwards to the Minsmere River.
In September 2004 a moth species, Catocala conjuncta (Esper), previously unrecorded in Britain was found on the reserve. To acknowledge its place of capture it was given the common name Minsmere Crimson Underwing.
[edit] References
- Axell, Herbert; & Hosking, Eric. (1978). Minsmere. Portrait of a Bird Reserve. Hutchinson: London. ISBN 0-09-128840-1
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