Roadside Nature Reserve in Cranworth

Added 26th June, 2009

Message from Heidi Thompson. Ecology Manager of Norfolk County Council:

"Roadside Nature Reserves are designated by Norfolk County Council, really as an aide memoir to ourselves that these sites need to be managed differently to the rest of the verge network. They are designated because they support rare or interesting plants. In your case the RNR number 28 at Cranworth supports a very rare fungus called the 'sandy stiltball', which is the subject of a Biodiversity Action Plan in Norfolk. This fungus would be damaged by the frequent cutting that is our usual management on this verge. It will therefore be cut just once a year at the end of the season (August/Sept) and any invasive weeds controlled in the meantime."

A picture of the rare fungus was enclosed in the message.

To anyone interested in the flora and fauna of our well-endowed county, it must surely be a source of pride that a roadside verge in our parish is worthy of special attention.

This website would be very pleased to hear of any other sitings of rare flora and fauna in the parish.