Milton Gate Marsh | |
Aos: | East Sussex |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 17.7ha |
Notifydate: | 1992 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Milton Gate Marsh is a 17.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Eastbourne in East Sussex.[1] [2]
This site consists of two areas of alluvial wetland in the valleys of the River Cuckmere and one of its tributaries. There is a rich variety of invertebrates, including seventeen nationally scarce species such as the sallow clearwing moth and the beetles Ochthebius exaratus and Stenolphus skrimshiranus.[3]