Arne RSPB reserve
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Arne RSPB reserve is a Script error: No such module "convert". nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)[1] maintained by the RSPB and located in Dorset. It was notified as an SSSI in 1986[1] and the estuarine reedbeds within the site are designated as a national nature reserve.[2] The reserve occupies the Arne Peninsula, which protrudes into Poole Harbour. Adjacent to the site is the village of Arne, although the nearest major settlement is the town of Wareham.[3][4]
The reserve opened in 1966 and is chiefly lowland heath, noted for the rare heather known as Dorset heath (Erica ciliaris), and for its breeding Dartford warblers. It also has acid grassland, salt marsh and woodland, with reedbeds adjoining the mudflats of the harbour.[5] Other important species include nightjar, woodlark and, on the mudflats, spoonbill.[6][7]
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The reserve has a substantial herd of sika deer. Originating in East Asia, these animals escaped from deer parks during the 1860s and have now become naturalised, living on the heath and oak woodland of the site.[4]
Arne is renowned for its natural environment, and has been featured on the BBC's Countryfile and Winterwatch programmes.[8][9] Starting on Monday 29 May, BBC’s Springwatch broadcast from Arne over a 3 week period.
References
- RSPB Interpretation boards - viewed 29 April 2007
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- ↑ Chris Packham and team back at Arne for BBC Winterwatch at www.bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Feb 2017.
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- Isle of Purbeck
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in England
- Nature reserves in Dorset
- Protected areas established in 1966
- National nature reserves in England
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1986
- Heathland Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Poole Harbour
- Heaths of Dorset