Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Pegwell Bay | |
Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TR 352 592[1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 1,790.1 hectares (4,423 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1993[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes is a 1,790.1-hectare (4,423-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches between Deal and Sandwich in Kent.[1][2] It includes two Geological Conservation Review sites,[3][4] and most of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[5] Part of it is a Ramsar site,[6] a Special Area of Conservation,[7][8] a Special Protection Area[9] and a National Nature Reserve,[10][11] It also includes a Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserve[12] and a Local Nature Reserve,[13]
This site has over 30 plant species and 168 invertebrates which are nationally rare and nationally scarce, and several wintering birds are present in nationally important numbers. It is also a geologically important site, with diverse fish fossils dating to the Thanetian around 57 million years ago.[14]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Map of Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Pegwell Bay (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Pegwell Bay (Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 2–4. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Sandwich Bay". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Kent's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Sandwich and Pegwell Bay". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Sandwich and Pegwell Bay". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Prince's Beachlands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
External links
- Media related to Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes at Wikimedia Commons
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