Coordinates: 52°30′18″N 0°50′42″E / 52.505°N 0.845°E / 52.505; 0.845

Thompson Water, Carr and Common

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Thompson Water, Carr and Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Thompson Water
LocationNorfolk
Grid referenceTL 929 956[1]
InterestBiological
Area154.7 hectares (382 acres)[1]
Notification1988[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Thompson Water, Carr and Common is a 154.7-hectare (382-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thetford in Norfolk, England.[1][2] Most of it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust as Thompson Common.[3] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[4] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.[5] It is crossed by the Great Eastern Pingo Trail Local Nature Reserve.[6]

This grassland site, located in the valley of a tributary of the River Wissey, contains a number of pingos, damp, water-filled depressions formed by the melting of ice at the end of the last glaciation. It also features a lake called Thompson Water, which, along with its surrounding reed swamp, is important for breeding birds.[7]

The site is open to the public.

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