| Medway Estuary and Marshes | |
| Aos: | Kent |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 4748.8ha |
| Notifydate: | 1991 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Medway Estuary and Marshes is a 4748.8abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the banks of the River Medway between Gillingham and Sheerness in Kent.[1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] a Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[4] and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[5]
This site is internationally important for its wintering birds, and nationally important for its breeding birds. It is also has an outstanding flora, such as the nationally rare oak-leaved goosefoot and the nationally scarce slender hare's-ear.[6]
. Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 4. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .