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Ramsholt Marshes are agriculturally-improved, grazing marshes drained by a network of dykes. They are frequently flooded in winter and therefore provide a shelter and good feeding ground in severe weather conditions. As a consequence they are used by a large number of wildfowl, in particular, mallard, wigeon and teal with fewer shoveler. Waders including redshank and curlew are also frequently seen feeding here. In the summer, good numbers of mallard, coot, moorhen and lapwing breed on the marshes. Lodge Plantation is a small area of woodland bordering the Deben estuary.It is also of conservation value as it supports a good sized heronry. This was probably founded in the 1950s and suffered substantial storm damage in October 1987.