Tiger Hill
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationBures, Suffolk
OS gridTL 927 357
Area21.0 hectares
Managed byTiger Hill LNR Management Committee

Tiger Hill is a 21 hectare Local Nature Reserve between Bures St Mary and Leavenheath in Suffolk. It is owned by [a group of landowners and declared under a LNR Deed agreement by Suffolk County Council and managed by the Tiger Hill LNR Management Committee.[1][2] The site is in the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,[3] and most of it (excluding a narrow strip of land in the north) is part of the Arger Fen Site of Special Scientific Interest.[4]

This site has woodland, heath and fenland, and fauna include badgers, bats and rare and endangered dormice.[1]

There is access from a road and a footpath, which go through this site.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tiger Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Map of Tiger Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "Wildlife at Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. "Designated Sites View: Arger Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

51°59′10″N 0°48′18″E / 51.986°N 0.805°E / 51.986; 0.805

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