Pevensey Levels

Pevensey Levels is a 3,603.2-hectare (8,904-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Bexhill-on-Sea and Hailsham in East Sussex.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] a Ramsar site[4] and a Special Area of Conservation.[5] An area of 183.5 hectares (453 acres) is a National Nature Reserve[6] and an area of 150 hectares (370 acres) is a nature reserve called Pevensey Marshes which is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.[7]

Pevensey Levels
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of SearchEast Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 647 076[1]
InterestBiological
Area3,603.2 hectares (8,904 acres)[1]
Notification1990[1]
Location mapMagic Map

This is a large area of wetland grazing meadows intersected by a network of ditches. It has many nationally rare invertebrates. It may be the best site in Britain for freshwater mollusc fauna, including the endangered shining ram's-horn snail. It also has one nationally rare and several nationally scarce aquatic plants and it is of national importance for lapwing, with more than 1% of the British population.[8]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. "Map of Pevensey Levels". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 166. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. "Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. "Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. "Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. "Pevensey Marshes". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  8. "Pevensey Levels citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

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