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Hen Reedbeds is a wildlife reserve near the North Sea coast of the English county of Suffolk. The reserve is located in the Blyth valley between Reydon and Blythburgh, approximately west of Southwold. The marshes make up part of the Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve along with reserves at Walberswick and Dingle Marshes.〔(Suffolk Coast NNR ), Natural England. Retrieved 2012-10-30.〕〔(Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve ), Direct enquiries. Retrieved 2012-10-30.〕 The reserve is owned by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and is managed in conjunction with Natural England and the RSPB.〔〔(Hen Reedbeds ), Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 It is in size and is designated as part of the Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest, as well as being a Natura 2000 site, a Ramsar Site and within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.〔〔(About us ), Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB. Retrieved 2014-03-08.〕 The reserve was created in 1999 from an area of degraded grassland adjacent to the A1095 road.〔(Fitting tribute to warden of Southwold wildlife site ), ''Lowestoft Journal'', 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2014-03-08.〕〔(Suffolk's changing coast ), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 It was specifically created to provide a range of freshwater habitats and is an important site for bitterns and marsh harriers within the UK.〔〔〔 ==Habitats== The reserve is a mix of wetland habitats, including reedbeds, fens, dykes and pools.〔〔〔 It was designed to provide a breeding site for bitterns.〔 Other key species seen at the site include marsh harriers, herons, bearded tits, four-spotted chaser dragonflies and hairy dragonflies as well as mammals including otters and water voles.〔 Large roosts of starlings have been common at the reserve during autumn since 2003.〔(Starlings take over at Southwold ), BBC news website, 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 The reserve is seen as an example of the effective management of habitats in the face of coastal erosion and sea level rise along the Suffolk coast.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hen Reedbeds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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