Broadland (2551)
United Kingdom, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2007
National site name: Broadland
Central coordinates: Latitude: 52.6693, Longitude: 1.5372
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 10
Area of KBA (km2): 54.22679
Protected area coverage (%): 98.09
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: A series of flooded medieval peat-diggings situated within the flood-plains of five principal river valley systems. The IBA comprises a mosaic of reed Phragmites, fringed shallow lakes, open water, fen habitats, carr woodland and grazing-marshes. The IBA is important for a wide variety of breeding and wintering birds.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.
Delineation rationale: First identified in 1989 as four separate sites, which were then combined in 1992 as Norfolk Broads (Yare Broads and Marshes, Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes, Ant Broads and Marshes, Bure Broads and Marshes) along with Breydon Water; renamed as Broadland in 2000, with Breydon Water split out as a separate IBA. SPA boundary used from JNCC; digitised at 1:10,000 scale.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | nature conservation and research | tourism/recreation
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Grassland | 45 | |
| Forest | 5 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 45 | |
| Shrubland | 5 |
Threats
| Threat level 1 | Threat level 2 | Threat level 3 | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural system modifications | Dams & water management/use | Abstraction of ground water (agricultural use) | Ongoing |
| Agriculture & aquaculture | Livestock farming & ranching | Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming | Ongoing |
| Pollution | Agricultural & forestry effluents | Nutrient loads | Ongoing |
| Pollution | Domestic & urban waste water | Sewage | Ongoing |
| Transportation & service corridors | Roads & railroads | Only in the future | |
| Natural system modifications | Other ecosystem modifications | Ongoing |