Alde Mudflats Explained

Alde Mudflats
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TM399562
Location:Iken, Suffolk
Area:22 hectares
Manager:Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Alde Mudflats is a 22 hectare nature reserve west of Iken in Suffolk. It is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.[1] It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,[2] and part of the Alde-Ore Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest,[3] Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[4] [5] Special Area of Conservation,[6] [7] Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds,[8] [9] and Grade I Nature Conservation Review site,[10]

This three mile long stretch of inter-tidal mud and saltmarsh supports internationally important numbers of avocets, and other birds include black-tailed godwits, oystercatchers, marsh harriers, pintails, wigeons and grey plovers.[1]

There is no public access to the site.

References

52.152°N 1.505°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alde Mudflats . Suffolk Wildlife Trust . 2 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018. 76. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. 15 August 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Alde-Ore Estuary . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary . Ramsar Site. Natural England. 5 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries. Special Areas of Conservation . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Designated Sites View: Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries . Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. 5 May 2017.
  8. Web site: Alde–Ore Estuary . Special Protection Areas . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
  9. Web site: Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary . Special Protection Area. Natural England. 5 May 2017.
  10. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

    . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . Derek Ratcliffe . 9. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0-521-21403-3 .

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