Deben Estuary SSSI explained

Deben Estuary
Aos:Suffolk
Interest:Biological
Area:981.1 hectares
Notifydate:1991
Map: Magic Map

Deben Estuary SSSI is a 981.1hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) covering the River Deben and its banks 12km (07miles) from its mouth north of Felixstowe to Woodbridge in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is a Ramsar internationally important wetland site[3] [4] and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[5] [6] It is also in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[7] It partly overlaps two geological SSSIs, Ferry Cliff, Sutton and Ramsholt Cliff.[8]

The site has been designated an SSSI for its overwintering waders and wildfowl, and for its diverse saltmarshes. It has internationally important overwintering redshanks and nationally important numbers of dark-bellied brent geese, shelducks and black-tailed godwits. The estuary also has three nationally rare plants and a nationally rare mollusc.[8]

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52.04°N 1.35°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Deben Estuary . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 24 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Map of Deben Estuary. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 24 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Deben Estuary . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Deben Estuary . Ramsar Site. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Deben Estuary. . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Designated Sites View: Deben Estuary . Special Protection Area. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018. 76. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. 6 August 2016. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: Deben Estuary citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 24 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232647/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1006262.pdf. dead.

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