Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is a 10,172.9-hectare (25,138-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from New Romney in Kent to Winchelsea in East Sussex.[1][2] An area of 5,129.5 hectares (12,675 acres) is a Special Protection Area,[3] an area of 3,141.1 hectares (7,762 acres) is a Special Area of Conservation,[4] and an area of 6,377.6 hectares (15,759 acres) is a Ramsar Site, a wetland site designated of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.[5] Part of the site is in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,[6] parts are Geological Conservation Review sites,[7][8] part is a Local Nature Reserve,[9] and part is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve,[10] and part is a National Nature Reserve.[11][12]

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Lake with islands in Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Area of SearchEast Sussex
Kent
Grid referenceTR 008 202[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area10,172.9 hectares (25,138 acres)[1]
Notification2006[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Nationally important habitats in this site are saltmarsh, sand dunes, vegetated shingle, saline lagoons, standing waters, lowland ditch systems, and basin fens, and it has many rare and endangered species of fauna and flora. It is geologically important as its deposits display the chronology of coastal evolution.[13]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. "Map of Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. "Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. "Designated Sites View: Dungeness". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in the UK and Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. "Where is the High Weald?". High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. "Dungeness (Coastal Geomorphology of England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. "Iden (Wealden)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  9. "Designated Sites View: Romney Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  10. "Dungeness". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  11. "Designated Sites View: Dungeness". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. "Kent's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  13. "Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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