“An amazing diversity of plants survive thousands of trampling feet, grazing rabbits and salt laden winds!
Surely a great testimony to nature’s power of survival against all the odds.”

The Haven is an exposed mosaic of shingle, dune grassland, fen and scrub. Specialised maritime plants growing
on the windswept beach include sea pea on the shingle areas with sand catchfly, clustered clover and bur medick in the more sandy zones. This is also the place to come to admire the largest colony of adder’s tongue fern in Suffolk.

One of our largest insects, the fabulous great green bush cricket, has its home here. Unlike grasshopper these striking creatures, which are around five entimetres long, are likely to crawl rather than hop and are more active in the evening, singing until well into the night. The scrub and reedbed on the west side of the road, are good for marsh harrier and migrant birds taking a break before and after their long African journey.The Haven is cared for by Suffolk Wildlife Trust on behalf of the RSPB who also own North Warren nature reserve adjacent to this site.

Other Trust reserves nearby: Darsham Marshes, Hazelwood Marshes

STAR SPECIES
Sand catchfly
Adder’s tongue fern

Shingle flowers like sea pea are sensitive to disturbance