Foxhole Heath is an 85.2-hectare (211-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Eriswell in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] and part of Breckland Special Area of Conservation[4][5] and Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[6][7]
The site is heathland and its vascular plant flora includes the following species: slender cudweed Filago minima, shepherd's cress Teesdalia nudicaulis, bird's-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus, sand sedge Carex arenaria, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, sheep's-bit Jasione montana and larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides. There are three nationally rare plants. It has a breeding population of the rare stone-curlew, and this species also uses the site to gather prior to its autumn migration.[8]
The road verge along the south side is included in Suffolk County Council's protected road verges scheme.[9]
There is access from the B1112 road.
52°22′N 0°33′E / 52.37°N 0.55°E / 52.37; 0.55
