Dengie Marshes
The Dengie Marshes overspread much of the eastern part of the Dengie Peninsula of Essex. Within the marsh is the Dengie Nature Reserve, of 7,673 acres, declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest for biological and geological interest.[1]
The marshes are found between the estuaries of the Blackwater and Crouch near Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex. It is a declared National Nature Reserve,[2] a Special Protection Area,[3] a 'Nature Conservation Review' site,[1] a Geological Conservation Review site[4] and a Ramsar site.[5]
In addition, the marshes are part of the Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation.[6]
An area of 30 acres is the Bradwell Shell Bank nature reserve, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[7]
It consists of large, remote area of tidal mud-flats and salt marshes at the eastern end of the Dengie Peninsula. The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall overlooks some of the site.
Habitat
This is a wetland of international importance and provides habitats for:
- Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Red knot|knot (Calidris canutus)
- Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa islandica)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina)
- Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Dark-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla bernicla)
- Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
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- Location map: 51°40’59"N, 0°56’53"E
- Streetmap: TM045030
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SSSI listing and designation for Dengie
- ↑ Essex's National Nature Reserves - Natural England
- ↑ Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) - Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- ↑ Dengie (Coastal Geomorphology - Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- ↑ Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in the UK and Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies - Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- ↑ "Essex Estuaries". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/protectedsites/sacselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0013690. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ↑ "Bradwell Shell Bank Nature Reserve". Essex Wildlife Trust. http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/bradwell-shell-bank. Retrieved 26 February 2016.