Orford Ness National Nature Reserve Company Information
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Known as ‘The Island’, Orford Ness National Nature Reserve is an internationally important site for nature conservation. It is the largest vegetated shingle spit in Europe and an important location for breeding and migrating birds. Coastal plants and other wildlife flourish on Orford Ness, including a large number of internationally rare species. Across the site a range of coastal habitats can be found including saltmarsh, mudflat, brackish lagoons and the internationally rare and protected vegetated shingle.
From 1913 until the mid-1980s Orford Ness was used as a military test site and closely guarded to prevent public access. Vital to the defence of the realm but damaging to the fragile flora and fauna, top secret experiments were conducted here across both World Wars and into the nuclear age.
Today, visitors can look inside some of the intriguing test buildings and view displays about the ecology and history of the site.
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