Sizewell Belts

Sizewell Marshes form a 260-acre (105.4 ha) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to Sizewell in Suffolk.^[1][2] It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,^[3] and is part of a 356-acre (144-ha) nature reserve managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust as Sizewell Belts.^[4]

Sizewell Marshes

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 465 638[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	105.4 hectares[1]
Notification	1992[1]
Location map	Magic Map

These unimproved wet meadows are designated by Natural England as important for their outstanding assemblages of invertebrates, with many nationally rare and scarce species, and of national significance for their assemblage of breeding birds typical of wet grassland. The aquatic flora are diverse, including the nationally scarce soft hornwort and fen pondweed.^[5]