Holkham National Nature Reserve

Holkham
National nature reserve
Beach viewed from board-walk through the pines
Country	England
Region	East of England
County	Norfolk
Coordinates	52°58′08″N 0°48′47″E / 52.969°N 0.813°E / 52.969; 0.813Coordinates: 52°58′08″N 0°48′47″E / 52.969°N 0.813°E / 52.969; 0.813
For public	Open year round
Protection status	SSSI, SAC, SPA, Ramsar Site and AONB
Holkham NNR shown within Norfolk

Holkham National Nature Reserve is England's largest national nature reserve (NNR). 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 hectares (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, and the larger area is additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar listings, and is part of both an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and a World Biosphere Reserve. Holkham NNR is important for its wintering wildfowl, especially pink-footed geese, Eurasian wigeon and brant 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 the only two sites in the UK to have an antlion colony.