Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes is a 1,790.1-hectare (4,423-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches between Deal and Sandwich in Kent.[1][2] It includes two Geological Conservation Review sites,[3][4] and most of it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[5] Part of it is a Ramsar site,[6] a Special Area of Conservation,[7][8] a Special Protection Area[9] and a National Nature Reserve,[10][11] It also includes a Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserve[12] and a Local Nature Reserve,[13]

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Pegwell Bay
Area of SearchKent
Grid referenceTR 352 592[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area1,790.1 hectares (4,423 acres)[1]
Notification1993[1]
Location mapMagic Map

This site has over 30 plant species and 168 invertebrates which are nationally rare and nationally scarce, and several wintering birds are present in nationally important numbers. It is also a geologically important site, with diverse fish fossils dating to the Thanetian around 57 million years ago.[14]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. "Map of Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. "Pegwell Bay (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. "Pegwell Bay (Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 2–4. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  6. "Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. "Designated Sites View: Sandwich Bay". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. "Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  9. "Designated Sites View: Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  10. "Kent's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  11. "Designated Sites View: Sandwich and Pegwell Bay". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  12. "Sandwich and Pegwell Bay". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  13. "Designated Sites View: Prince's Beachlands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  14. "Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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