Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary explained

Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary
Aos:Hampshire
Interest:Biological
Geological
Area:585.9ha
Notifydate:1992
Map: Magic Map
Enref:1005846

Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary is a 585.9abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Southampton and Gosport in Hampshire.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] [4] It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site[5] and Special Protection Area,[6] and of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation.[7] Three areas are Local Nature Reserves, Chessel Bay,[8] Hook with Warsash[9] and Mercury Marshes.[10] One area is Hamble Common, a Scheduled Monument and public common.[11]

This site is mainly intertidal muds, and there are also areas of saltmarsh, vegetated shingle, reedbeds, deciduous woodland and marshy grassland. It is outstanding for nationally scarce coastal plants, internationally important for dark-bellied geese, and nationally important for eight other species of birds, including great crested grebe and ringed plover. The site is also important for Palaeolithic artefacts and the fossils of Eocene birds.[12]

References

50.851°N -1.31°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Lee-on-Solent (Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 21 April 2020 .
  4. Web site: Lee-on-Solent (Aves) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 21 April 2020 .
  5. Web site: Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water . Ramsar Site. Natural England. 23 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water . Special Protection Areas . Natural England. 23 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Designated Sites View: Solent Maritime . Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. 23 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Designated Sites View: Chessel Bay . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 28 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Designated Sites View: Hook with Warsash . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 28 April 2020.
  10. Web site: Designated Sites View: Mercury Marshes . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England . 28 April 2020.
  11. Web site: Promontory defined by an Iron Age linear earthwork, St Andrew's Castle and additional remains on Hamble Common . Historic England. 23 April 2020.
  12. Web site: Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 May 2020.

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