Medway Estuary and Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationKent
Grid referenceTQ 849 710[1]
InterestBiological
Area4,748.8 hectares (11,735 acres)[1]
Notification1991[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Medway Estuary and Marshes is a 4,748.8-hectare (11,735-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the banks of the River Medway between Gillingham and Sheerness in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] a Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[4] and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[5]

This site is internationally important for its wintering birds, and nationally important for its breeding birds. It is also has an outstanding flora, such as the nationally rare oak-leaved goosefoot and the nationally scarce slender hare's-ear.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Medway Estuary and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Medway Estuary and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Medway Estuary and Marshes". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Medway Estuary and Marshes". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Medway Estuary and Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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