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Holkham National Nature Reserve

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 14, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 12:06, 27 December 2014 (UTC)



The Holkham National Nature Reserve is England's largest national nature reserve. It is on the Norfolk coast between Burnham Overy Staithe and Blakeney, and is managed by Natural England with the cooperation of the Holkham Estate. Its 3,900 ha (9,600 acres) comprise a wide range of habitats, including grazing marsh, woodland, salt marsh, sand dunes and foreshore. The reserve is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area and Ramsar listings, and is part of both an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a World Biosphere Reserve. Holkham is important for wintering wildfowl, especially pink-footed geese, Eurasian wigeon and brent geese, but it also has breeding waders, and attracts many migrating birds in autumn. A number of scarce invertebrates and plants can be found in the dunes, and the reserve is one of only two sites in the UK to have an antlion colony. The Vikings navigated the creeks to establish Holkham village. The Holkham estate has been owned by the later Earls of Leicester since 1609. The national nature reserve was created in 1967, attracting over 100,000 visitors a year.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 25 November Biscayne National Park US
 * Main editors: Jimfbleak
 * Promoted: 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: nature preservation
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:49, 18 December 2014 (UTC)