Skipper's Island
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| Skipper's Island | |
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| Location: | 51°52’19"N, 1°13’16"E |
| Grid reference: | TM218242 |
| Area: | 233 acres |
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Skipper's Island is an uninhabited island of 23 acres lying to the north of Kirby-le-Soken, within Hamford Water, on the coast of Essex.
The whole island is a nature reserve, owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[1]
The highest part of the island has thorn thickets, separated by grassy rides. The lowest land is saltmarsh, and there is also extensive rough pasture with brackish pools. Flora include |sea hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale) and lax-flowered sea-lavender, and there are breeding birds such as shelducks and oystercatchers.[1]
The island is connected to the mainland by two causeways, and access is only by prior arrangement with the trust.[1]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Skipper's Island) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Skippers Island: Essex Wildlife Trust