| River Eye | |
| Aos: | Leicestershire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 6ha |
| Notifydate: | 1983 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
River Eye SSSI is a 6ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest covering a stretch of the River Eye between Ham Bridge, north-west of Stapleford, and the eastern outskirts of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.[1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site.[3]
This unpolluted clay stream has rich and diverse flora and fauna. Marginal vegetation includes bulrush, branched bur-reed and greater pond sedge, while shallow, fast-flowing stretches have curled pondweed and perfoliate pondweed.[3]
The river runs through private land but it is crossed by roads and footpaths.