Winterton Dunes

The site, along with the adjoining Horsey Dunes, hosts the largest colonies of dark green fritillary and grayling butterflies in Norfolk.

Other butterflies recorded from here in numbers include small copper and common blue.

The ponds among the dunes are home to many dragonflies including the common hawker - which is rare in Norfolk.

Winterton Dunes is also known as the first site in Britain where the southern emerald damselfly occurred (Nobes 2003).

After a count in 2014 by the RSPB they found that the dunes are the home to more than 300 pairs of the little tern making it the UK's largest colony.